Highland Local Schls

Okay, I get it: Nobody wants to pay taxes. Especially for something as ephemeral as education. Geez, who liked going to school, anyway, right? All that book-​learnin’, those two R’s, or whatever? Ain’t all that stuff on that internet, or Fox News? Just TELL me what I need to know, so I can get back to «This Week in Nascar.» (Besides, I’m home-​schooling Daisy and Jethro the right way: with The Good Book.)
Highland Schools, the three elementary and one each middle and high, are certainly a cut above the county, regional and state level in everything they offer: quality of course load, teacher and facility. That epic high school looks like a community college campus; quite a step up from the minimum-​security cinder block dump I attended. (Frequently, albeit against my better judgment.)
Faced with budget cuts as all education will be in the foreseeable future, Highland may decay. I sure hope not. Those of us who know history, who know how crucial education is in life, aren’t waving the flag of surrender, just yet. The 1787 law which created this territory, that would become the state of Ohio, declares: «…knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.»
Forever.