Did you know PCSD runs its own Career Technical Education programs, right in house? Here's how PCSD's model compares to other Ohio districts, and what it means for our students. ✅ 18 CTE programs built into Normandy and Valley Forge. ✅ Classes are part of normal course registration, no applying or competing for a seat. ✅ Access starts earlier than many regional career center models, not just 11th and 12th grade. ✅ Students stay connected to their home school all four years. ⭐

WELCOME BACK, PCSD! A new school year is here — and this one comes with a lot of change. New security procedures. New systems and technology. New routines. New buildings and spaces for some. New faces. And, like every year, a few bumps along the way as everyone adjusts. Change isn’t always easy — especially when a lot of it happens at once. So as our students, families, teachers, staff, administrators and community begin this school year, maybe we can all give each other a li

"Did vouchers save our district money?" It depends on who's leaving. The "fixed cost" argument is a real position in school-finance research. It says buildings, admin, and debt service don't shrink when a student leaves, so districts only lose the variable share of cost per voucher student, roughly 64% of spending by one common estimate, not the full amount. But that logic only holds if the voucher student would have otherwise enrolled in the public school. Local data complic