Canton Chamber to Tackle Schools

Following the lead of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, the leadership of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce has appointed a task force to attempt to develop community-based solutions to school funding. The group expects to meet monthly for at least six to eight months, and anticipates releasing next year a report to the community that includes recommendations for action.

You can read more about the effort in the Canton Repository here.

Here is a key quote:

“We are not going to keep businesses here, attract new businesses, unless we have an educated workforce,” said Jim Pennetti, director of business retention and expansion for the chamber. “How our public schools in Ohio are funded has a huge impact on K-12 education in Stark County, and we see it as a very important economic development issue.”

Ten years after the Supreme Court ruled the state's way of funding public education was illegal, our region is tired of waiting for answers from Columbus. We need to unite as a region to develop our own solutions. The partners in Advance Northeast Ohio look forward to working with the Canton chamber and others to find such solutions.