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Superintendent Murphy and General Counsel Dan Hoang told the Feb. 9 board the district has trained principals, front-office staff and counselors on protocols for any immigration-enforcement presence and reiterated that families do not have to prove immigration status to enroll.
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On Feb. 9 the board approved a two-year transition to accept early-admission kindergarten applicants whose birthdays fall between the first day of school and Sept. 30 (to comply with House Bill 114), updated a CPS preschool cutoff rule, and unanimously adopted a multi-unit cost-of-living adjustment resolution tied to recent union negotiations.
Ohio / School Districts / Cincinnati Public Schools
Cincinnati Public Schools presented a new two-year Montessori Training Institute to credential 33 teachers and pursue accreditation for district Montessori schools, saying the in-house program will cost an estimated $60,000 for cohort 1 compared with prior outsourcing costs of about $660,000 for the same group under Xavier University contracting.
Ohio / School Districts / Cincinnati Public Schools
After surveying two stops, administration recommended and the board approved relocating a neighborhood bus stop to Nick Street and Thompson Avenue to improve family safety; the motion passed unanimously among board members present.
Ohio / School Districts / Cincinnati Public Schools
Administrators described how House Bill 114 moves the kindergarten cutoff to the first day of the school year and said CPS will propose a district policy to offer early admittance (using a Jan. 1 provision of the statute) to families who expected to enroll under the old Sept. 30 rule; board members asked for implementation details and academic/fiscal impact analyses.
Ohio / School Districts / Cincinnati Public Schools
Parents, Montessori educators and the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers urged the board to stop adding i‑Ready diagnostic labels to student report cards, arguing the single‑score format misleads families, harms students’ self‑esteem and should be shared in context or via a secure portal instead.
Ohio / School Districts / Cincinnati Public Schools
Treasurer Augustine told the board cash reserves are declining and the district must align spending with revenue. Trustees pressed administration about special‑education funding, possible unclaimed reimbursements, and strategies for new operational revenue; administration outlined five‑year levy scenarios and a school income‑tax option as longer‑term solutions.
Ohio / School Districts / Cincinnati Public Schools
District staff presented enrollment projections (first projection ~34,140), a ZIP‑code heat map showing pockets of children not enrolled in CPS, and asked the board for strategic‑plan goals. Trustees pushed for aggressive recruitment, reuse of past engagement data, board involvement in vendor selection and clearer middle‑school implementation.
Ohio / School Districts / Cincinnati Public Schools
Assistant Superintendent Sierra Badgett presented CPS’s new middle‑school model for six sites; board members pressed on enrollment shortfalls relative to projections, high discipline referrals at some schools, transportation and family-engagement plans and requested disaggregated grade-to-grade enrollment data.
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Cincinnati student dining officials reported a Silver Good Food Purchasing designation for 2023–24, surpassing local-produce targets and outperforming benchmarks on carbon footprint and workforce criteria, while noting animal-welfare measures (animal-protein poundage) need improvement.