DeMaria Visits Foxfire Schools

ZANESVILLE, Ohio –
An area school played host to a very important guest today as Foxfire
Schools welcomed the State Superintendent of Public Instruction under
the Department of Education. Paolo DeMaria says Foxfire Schools
present an educational opportunity for behaviorally challenged
students who may otherwise struggle in a traditional public school
environment.

“The statute
recognizes those and has tried to create the conditions where schools
like Foxfire can exist and succeed; and still be attentive to the
quality of the experience.”

Area school
districts work closely with Foxfire in order to ensure that each
individual student is receiving a specialized education that will
work the best for their learning style.

“Here, it seems
like there’s an understanding that this school actually is very
successful in addressing the needs of certain types of students. And
so, to the extent that those students are better served here than in
some other far away or more expensive place; the districts that have
students going here seem to have acknowledged that and see it as more
of a partner in the education of the students of this
community—rather than necessarily like a competitor or a bad
actor.”

DeMaria has been the
State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the past three years.