Columbus schools hire former Mayor Coleman to handle Win-Win pact

Columbus City Schools quietly hired former Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman and his former chief-of-staff, Michael Reese, earlier this spring under a no-bid contract to represent the district in negotiations over the Win-Win legal accord with suburban districts. But with bills set to go over the $25,000 limit that’s allowed for contracts without school board approval, the all-Democratic Board of Education will be asked at a meeting on Tuesday to incrase the contract to hire Coleman’