Superintendent's Office

Superintendent’s Message

It’s hard to believe we are halfway through another school year here at the OVESC. Staying busy and engaged for our member districts remains our focus and our mission to #SERVE is unwavering. 23-24 has been filled with growth and new initiatives. Our Bright Beginnings Preschool program has expanded to 31 different classrooms. Our member districts are benefiting from additional ECE slots and funding. The Opportunity School in Marietta is up and running and serving students with specific needs and attention. Our Literacy and Math Directors are continually busy working with teachers and administrators in all of our districts, always looking for ways to continue to help students grow and excel. All of our districts have embraced our gifted identification process for the visual and performing arts. We have trained staff in in-depth data analysis and other tools to provide our member districts with the tools they need to remain leaders in public education. Finally, our drivers education program that we were invited to participate in with the MVESC is fully operational in all 9 of our member districts. While these particular initiatives accurately reflect a large portion of the projects and initiatives we are delivering this year, they in no way represent all of the work we are doing and I am proud to say that there are bigger plans in the future.

I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the employees of the OVESC. Being a service organization often requires a willingness to be flexible, acceptable to quick change, and understanding of multiple different strategies, plans, and policies. These factors sometimes make the work overly challenging and for lack of a better term, exhausting. I am completely grateful that we have over 230 employees who accept these challenges every day and stay focused on our missions and goals. Most importantly, these employees are servant leaders who always keep kids first when executing their respective tasks. On behalf of the Ohio Valley Educational Service Center Governing Board, the treasurer and myself, I want to thank them all.

To our member districts, stakeholders, and communities, thank you for allowing us to serve you. We hope the second half of your year is beneficial to kids and productive towards your respective missions and goals.

Dalton Summers
Superintendent, Ohio Valley ESC

 

OUR MISSION:

The Ohio Valley ESC will serve our partners, provide leadership, build connections, develop relationships, leverage resources, and enhance learning.

OUR VISION:

The Ohio Valley ESC is dedicated to providing innovative services that value and enhance continuous learning.