The Toledo school district will not renew Superintendent Jerome Pecko’s contract after it ends this July. The board of trustees has not yet decided on a process or timeline for hiring a new superintendent, but Petro’s departure comes at a critical time for the district, the Toledo Blade reports.

Meanwhile, district leaders will almost certainly place a renewal levy on the ballot later this year and will find out today the state’s new school-funding formula.
TPS also is bidding to take over a major Head Start grant, is in the midst of a performance audit, and will start negotiations soon with its employee unions. The district will find out in two weeks the result of a statewide investigation into possible school-data manipulation that was prompted in part by revelations of data practices in TPS.
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