Ohio’s new chief of K-12 education resigns, citing ‘revolving door’ questions

Ohio’s new superintendent of community instruction Steve Dackin resigned Friday – considerably less than a month following he was chosen to oversee the education and learning of Ohio’s 1.7 million K-12 college students.

Dackin, in a resignation letter, cited fears about his current range to the part. Dackin, while serving as school board vice president, led the lookup for the place that he in the end was selected for.

“Concerns have been elevated about my current acceptance of the situation of Superintendent of Public Instruction,” Dackin wrote. “I never want ‘revolving door’ concerns to distract from the important do the job ahead for educational facilities, educators and especially the small children.”

Ohio ethics regulations prohibit board associates from accepting any benefit, which includes compensation, from a contract authorized by a board they served on possibly during their expression or for 1 year after they leave the board, claimed Paul Nick, government director of the Ohio Ethics Fee.

Dackin resigned from the state board on Feb. 25  and applied for the superintendent posture a few times afterwards. Confidentiality laws prohibit Nick from commenting on whether or not or not there was an investigation into Dackin’s assortment.

On Might 10, the State Board of Education and learning chosen Dackin in a 14-4 vote. He previously served as the superintendent of Reynoldsburg Town Schools concerning 2007 and 2014 and on the Condition Board of Instruction

Dackin’s wage was set at $215,000 with the chance of an once-a-year efficiency reward of $35,000. Dackin, in his letter, mentioned he would forgo any payment for the function he had done to day.

Point out Board of Education President Charlotte McGuire declared Dackin’s resignation in a Friday afternoon news release, which did not element why he was leaving.

“I am confident that together we will proceed the important get the job done in guidance of Ohio’s small children, family members and long run,” McGuire claimed in the news launch.

Gov. Mike DeWine, as a result of a spokesman, stated he was “amazed and let down” by Dackin’s choice to resign but revered Dackin’s final decision to steer clear of remaining a distraction from critical work on subjects like literacy, psychological wellbeing and helping kids obtain their “God-provided probable.”

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Stephanie Siddens will serve as superintendent of community instruction in the interim. She temporarily held the position after Paolo DeMaria retired in September 2021. 

Steve Dackin resignation letter by Jessie Balmert on Scribd

Reporter Anna Staver contributed to this short article. 

Jessie Balmert is a reporter for the Usa Nowadays Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Akron Beacon Journal, Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and 18 other affiliated information organizations throughout Ohio.

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