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Board approves updated career-technical services contract with Columbus City Schools

Westerville City School Board of Education · April 6, 2026
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Summary

Westerville approved a revised career-center contract (Columbus Compact) that updates seat-release timelines, formalizes quarterly meetings and reflects the state's lottery-based career-technical admissions; staff noted long wait lists for some programs.

The Westerville City School Board approved a new career-center services contract with Columbus City Schools intended to modernize a 2012 agreement and respond to state funding and admissions changes.

Presenting the item, Mr. Meisner said the updated Columbus Compact reflects federal and state changes to career-technical education, including a shift to a lottery system for program admissions (students must be on track for graduation or have a plan to be on track). The…

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