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Governing Board January meetings date change.

Lori Lofton, Jackie Dieter join agency leadership team.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) Director Stephen D. Dackin announced the recipients, including the ESC, of the Career Pathway Support Network Grant – a $7.1 million investment to bring career-connected learning opportunities and career planning support to more students across the state. The ESC will lead the Central Region network. The network will build on the foundation of the Tech Prep model but take a broader approach – increasing access to and participation in career-technical education for middle grades (7-10), ensuring all students receive high-quality career advising and mentoring, and aligning more closely with regional workforce needs through partnerships between schools and districts, institutions of higher education, and local employers.

The Governing Board's September meeting is now scheduled for Monday, September 29th at 11:30am.

OCALI, a project of the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (ESCCO), is a recognized global leader in creating and connecting resources and relationships to ensure that people with disabilities have the opportunity to live their best lives for their whole lives. OCALI informs public policy and develops and deploys practices grounded in linking research to real life. 

The ESC recently received notice that it was named a winner nationally in Phase 3 of the the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDOE) Career Z Challenge: Expanding Work-Based Learning Opportunities for Gen Z (Career Z Challenge). The Career Z Challenge was an open innovation prize competition seeking creative solutions to expand student access to high-quality work-based learning (WBL) opportunities that will prepare them to be contributing members of today’s workforce and propel them into successful careers of the future.

OCALI, a project of the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (ESC), is a recognized global leader in creating and connecting resources and relationships to ensure that people with disabilities have the opportunity to live their best lives for their whole lives. As a trusted source, OCALI enhances, develops, and promotes high-quality programs and services to effectively equip anyone who cares for, supports, educates, employs, or works with individuals with disabilities across the lifespan.

As of July 1, 2025, the Jonathan Alder Local School District and London City School district are officially client school district partners of the ESC. The ESC now serves 32 client school districts, including three career and technical schools, throughout eight counties in the Central Ohio region. With its client school districts and all other partner schools and organizations throughout the state, the ESC will continue to work on their behalf to achieve the purpose of leading when necessary, supporting all stakeholders, and seeking to share and leverage resources.