What is an Educational Service Center (ESC)?
Currently, there are 51 ESCs in Ohio. In 1968, the Clinton County Board of Education was selected as the fiscal agent for the Hopewell Special Educational Regional Resource Center territory. Today, the SOESC is recognized by the Ohio Department of Education as 1 of 16 regional fiscal agents for state support teamwork.
In 1997, the Clinton County Board of Education, the Fayette County Board of Education, and the Highland County Board of Education merged to form the Clinton-Fayette-Highland Educational Service District. Seven years later, Adams County/Ohio Valley Local Schools joined the ESC, and a year after, we changed our name to the Southern Ohio Educational Service Center.