Members of the were presented with two potential paths to remove the district鈥檚 CEO earlier this week, but the head of Lorain鈥檚 schools says he doesn鈥檛 report to the board and doesn鈥檛 plan to attend its future meetings.
A gubernatorial candidate presented members of the board with the legal options to eliminate .
Hardy was hired by an to turnaround the failing district last year and, as prescribed by state law, took over almost all of the local board鈥檚 responsibilities.
During his monthly town hall meeting Thursday, Hardy did not address the discussion of legal action, but said he鈥檚 invited board members to talk about his plans for the district on several occasions, but didn鈥檛 receive a response.
鈥淚 think there are fantastic individuals on the school board who care deeply about their city. I think the challenges tend to be more adult issues than kid issues and as you can see by things I tend to focus on, when they鈥檙e not about kids I don鈥檛 pay attention.鈥�
A lawsuit filed by the challenging its Academic Distress Commission and CEO system was thrown out by an Ohio judge last year. Three members of that commission abruptly quit earlier this month and the CEO is a candidate for a school district in Colorado.
