Charlotte Perkins for Ohio State Representative | Cleveland District 20
Send Charlotte Perkins to Columbus
- Keep Public Education Strong in Every Neighborhood
- Education is supposed to open doors.
In Cleveland, too often, it exposes inequities built into the system.
- Ohio’s school funding formula is unfair.
The state relies too heavily on local property taxes, forcing communities like Cleveland to carry an unequal burden while wealthier districts benefit.
- Public dollars are being diverted away from public schools.
Voucher programs and tax breaks shift funding from neighborhood schools to private interests.
- Cleveland families are being asked to do more with less.
When the state underfunds education, families pay through higher property taxes and under-resourced classrooms.
- Charlotte Perkins Believes
Every child deserves a real opportunity to succeed, no matter their ZIP code, family income, or property value.
- What’s Happening in Cleveland:
- Classrooms stretched thin
- Families burdened by rising local taxes
- Public dollars diverted away from neighborhood schools
- Students losing opportunities because of political decisions
- Cleveland’s Schools Are Being Shortchanged
Across Cleveland, families are facing:
- Overreliance on property taxes
- Unequal state investment
- Underfunded public classrooms
- Education policies shaped without Cleveland at the table
When we shortchange schools, we shortchange Cleveland’s future.
Charlotte Perkins believes public money should stay in public schools, not be siphoned away through privatization schemes.
Charlotte’s Approach to Fair Education Funding
Charlotte Perkins is running to demand fair, constitutional school funding that treats Cleveland students with the respect they deserve.
In Columbus, she will fight to:
- Shift school funding responsibility back to the state
- Reduce reliance on local property taxes
- Protect public education from privatization
- Ensure Cleveland schools receive equitable resources
This is not about politics as usual.
It’s about fairness.
- “A child’s future should not depend on their ZIP code. The state must fund our schools fairly.”
