The Lima City Schools superintendent is working toward a 5 star rating.
Andre Rudolph has just completed his first semester as superintendent of the Lima City Schools and he told us that he spent the first few months observing "what's going well, what are areas we can improve on, what relationships we can build. But most importantly, I wanted to engage the community. I wanted to provide opportunities for people to come into our school district and see what's going on and to get out to various organizations to see what was going on within the Lima community." Andre is working to move the district from a 2 star rating to a 5 star rating and to do that he is putting an emphasis on growing community leaders, focusing on family, encouraging community involvement and having a place for every student. "Public education is often talked about in terms of buildings, test scores, or budgets, but at its core, it's about people. It's about the parents and students, not just to graduate, but to contribute, to lead and to stay invested in the community that they call home. Often times what happens is people look at the star rating and say, 'oh, they can't be learning' without understanding the various factors that go into, not only the testing, but the preparation. My staff is doing phenomenal work. I believe that we are and will be a five star rated district in the future. The road to being a 5 star district won't happen overnight. As long as we continue to work together in collaboration, we'll get there."