by Jo Ingles
Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he’s not happy with Democrats in the legislature who fought him on the state’s takeover of the Youngstown City School District.
Kasich was answering a question posed by a reporter about whether more needs to be done to ensure quality operation the state’s charter school system when the governor turned his attention to the state’s recent takeover of the Youngstown City Schools.
“Those schools over there have failed for nine straight years. Frankly, I am a little disappointed with some of my Democrat colleagues who did not support the rescuing of the Youngstown Schools,” Kasich said.
A couple of Democratic lawmakers stood at Kasich’s side when he made that comment, but they did not interrupt him. But a group of opponents of the plan, including the teachers’ union, have filed a lawsuit to try to stop the takeover.