Other voices:

“If our schools are failing, our city’s going to fail. So it’s very crucial that people step up. Don’t be hiding in corners and things like that. Step up and support Issue 5 because our destiny as a city, our destiny as a county, our destiny as Northwest Ohio is actually tied up in this levy here.”

— Toledo Mayor Mike Bell

“I’m not confident in the quality of leadership on the elected school board to turn the public education system in Toledo around. Frankly, I don’t know how Issue 5, if passed, is going to do anything more than throw money at the problem. That said, we have schools in District 2 that are high-performing schools. I am personally in favor of Issue 5, because I feel Toledo Public Schools in District 2 excel beyond all of the other districts across the board.”

— Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins

“As a mom, a homeowner and a board member, I say that the passage of this levy is all our students’ future, it’s our city’s future and it’s just too important to fail. With the rapid change that education undergoes, we have to keep the continuous momentum. We have a ways to go but with the support of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Greater Toledo, local ministers, parent organizations — they get it — they know we have to work together, we can’t continue to work solo. The betterment of our future depends upon Issue 5 passing.”

— TPS Board VP Lisa Sobecki

“Communities live or die on their school system. Not supporting this school levy would be a fatal blow to our community; without a viable and effective school system we can’t survive. School closures would decimate District 3. I think the board is really trying to hold the administration more to task. All of my children graduated from Toledo Public Schools, so I am more than vested in our public education.”

— Toledo City Councilman Mike Craig

Tags: D. Michael Collins, Lisa Sobecki, Mike Bell, Mike Craig, Toledo Public Schools

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