Dayton Public Schools Faces Staffing Instability, Reconfiguration

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Dayton Public Schools Faces Staffing Instability, Reconfiguration

WYSO | By Lewis Wallace

Published March 3, 2016 at 8:52 AM EST

The Dayton Public School district is in the middle of a few major transitions: the district is facing failing grades from the state, and the possibility of a takeover if the district doesn鈥檛 improve test scores over three years. The district鈥檚, although there鈥檚 alsoabout whether 2014-2015 tests should even be considered. DPS is also rearranging a number of school buildings to create new junior high schools,

And in February the superintendent and treasurer found outby the school board.

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Lewis Wallace comes to WYSO from the Pritzker Journalism Fellowship at WBEZ in Chicago, where he reported on the environment, technology, science and economics. Prior to going down the public radio rabbit hole, he was a community organizer and producer for a multimedia project about youth and policing in Chicago. Originally from Ann Arbor, Mich., Lewis spent many years as a freelance writer, anti-oppression trainer, barista and sex educator in Chicago and in Oakland. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Northwestern University, and he has expanded his journalism training through the 2013 Metcalf Fellowship for Environmental Journalism and the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources.

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Dayton Public Schools Faces Staffing Instability, Reconfiguration