The Ohio school board won't name an interim or permanent state superintendent until it conducts a thorough national search. The 19-member Ohio Board of Education voted unanimously today to have its executive committee interview search firms and bring a recommendation to the board. It would be the state's second such search in 16 months. The vote followed a two-hour executive session on replacement of former Superintendent Stan Heffner. He resigned Aug. 4 after a state watchdog's investigation that found potential wrongful acts related to his conduct with a Texas-based private testing firm. He had been leading the department since May 2011, when Deborah Delisle left the job under pressure from Gov. John Kasich. Today's vote left Acting Superintendent Michael Sawyers in charge of the Ohio Department of Education.
Mike Foley joined WCBE in February 2000, coming from WUFT in Gainesville, Florida. Foley has worked in various roles, from producing news and feature stories to engineering Live From Studio A sessions. A series of music features Foley started in 2018 called Music Journeys has grown into a podcast and radio show. He also assists in developing other programs in WCBE's Podcast Experience. Foley hosts The Morning Mix, a weekday music show featuring emerging and established musicians, our Columbus-area and Ohio-based talent, and additional artists that inspire him.