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Education News for 04-09-2013

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Local Education News

  • Watching over Lorain's schools; Academic Distress Commission appointed to help district recover (Lorain Morning Journal)

    • The Academic Distress Commission that will oversee Lorain City Schools education improvements includes three Lorain County Community College employees, the former director of REACHigher in Lorain County and a former associate state superintendent…Read more…

  • Cleveland school district avoids state control based on Cleveland plan already in place (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The Cleveland schools will not fall under the control of a state academic distress commission.…Read more…

    


  • Medina superintendent Randy Stepp offers his side of contract, education payment controversy (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The following letter was sent to area media outlets earlier today by Medina Schools superintendent Randy Stepp following the Medina School Board's decision to place him on paid administrative leave.…Read more…

  • Strongsville City Council considering resolution urging end to teachers strike (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • According to Strongsville City Council, the now six-week old teachers strike has "undoubtedly irreparably" harmed students, and it will go on the record saying that a special meeting called for 5 p.m. April 9.…Read more…

    


  • The superintendent will explain the Revitalization/Choice Plan changes (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Youngstown parents and students are invited to meet with Superintendent Connie Hathorn this week to learn more about new program options for the 2013-14 school year.…Read more…

    


  • Connie Hathorn seeking retirement and rehiring as superintendent (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • City schools Superintendent Connie Hathorn will retire and is seeking re-employment to the post. The school board will conduct a public meeting on the issue of Hathorn’s proposed employment as a retiree at 5:30 p.m. June 4…Read more…

  • Brighter Tomorrow Plan: School, citizens plan for future (Canton Repository)

    • The first of four community meetings to discuss the future of the City Schools drew about 120 parents and concerned citizens to Souers Middle School Monday evening.…Read more…

    


  • New strategy for intruders to be enacted (Findlay Courier)

    • A new, nationally recognized strategy for defending against violent intruders will be taught to staff and students of Findlay City Schools beginning in June thanks to the city's police department.…Read more…

  • Veterinary program teaches care (Marion Star)

    • The shout went out as Tri-Rivers Career Center students shuffled about, checking on lizards, tortoises, chinchillas and other animals in the veterinary science lab.…Read more…

    


  • Students, public say goodbye to Niles school (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • It was a bittersweet farewell as students and teachers - both current and former - walked through the halls of old Niles McKinley High School one last time.…Read more…

    


  • King CLC opening likely to be delayed due to moisture problem (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Akron school officials say a water barrier that was “not properly” installed at the King Community Learning Center (CLC) will likely delay its opening.…Read more…

    


  • Carey board OKs teacher contracts (Findlay Courier)

    • Carey school board approved teacher and non-teacher contracts for the 2013-14 school year.…Read more…

    


  • Huntington School Board cuts one position, trims four more (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • Faced with a projected $720,000 deficit and flat-lined funding from the state, the Huntington Board of Education began working to narrow its budget gap Monday.…Read more…

    


Editorial

  • Listen to the police (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • A school safety bill beginning to make its way through the Ohio House has triggered concerns that it would encourage more school districts to arm teachers and other staff members.…Read more…

Education News for 02-15-2013

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  • James tackles Akron, state issues in ‘State of the Schools’ speech (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Akron Public Schools Superintendent David James gave his fifth annual “State of the Schools” address Thursday, detailing challenges stemming…Read more...

  • Normal school security routine returns Monday (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • The atmosphere at Chillicothe Middle and High School is expected to regain a sense of normalcy on Monday after a week of boosted police presence at the campus…Read more...

  • Findlay evaluations will look for gifted students (Findlay Courier)

    • Findlay City Schools Gifted Services is arranging evaluations of students in kindergarten through 12th grade to determine if they are gifted in the visual and performing arts areas of dance, drama, music and visual arts…Read more...

  • New internal assessments elicit cautious optimism for Toledo Public Schools (Toledo Blade)

    • As Toledo Public Schools found itself mired in public turmoil in recent months, with a search for a new superintendent, a state investigation that criticized attendance…Read more...

  • McDonald officials reject arming teachers (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • McDonald schools have hired local off-duty police officers who will rotate for an eight-hour shift daily to provide additional security at the schools…Read more...

Editorial

  • Question of adequacy (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • For more than 20 years two concepts have dominated the school-funding debate in Ohio: adequacy and equity. Equity points to a distribution issue…Read more...

Education News for 01-22-2013

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State Education News

  • Ohio now restricts school’s use of seclusion rooms, physical restraint (Athens Messenger)

    • For the first time, Ohio has a policy that limits a school’s use of seclusion and restraint for difficult students. Schools must now adopt positive behavior interventions and support…Read more…

  • School rules guide whistle-blowers (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Amid a statewide investigation into data manipulation in schools, districts are creating rules to guide employees if they want to report workers who violate laws or ethics.…Read more…

  • Schools await Kasich’s funding model (Lima News)

    • They want more money and a school-funding system that is fair. But area school officials also just hope for a little honesty.…Read more…

  • Turning the page (Mason HS Chronicle)

    • More third graders than ever before could be held back next year. Due to recent legislation that alters current reading level standards for the 2013-14 school year.…Read more…

  • Ranking brings school funding model under scrutiny (Middletown Journal)

    • Ohio recently was ranked 17th in the nation for its school finance, despite the fact that Ohio’s school funding model has been declared unconstitutional three times since 1997.…Read more…

Local Education News

  • Could shared services save Ohio districts $1B a year? (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • State leaders are urging school districts, like other local government agencies, to share services and costs, operate more efficiently and reserve more tax dollars for core purposes.…Read more…

  • Board, referee clash over teacher firing (Findlay Courier)

    • A Liberty-Benton veteran teacher, fired this week by the school board, should not have been terminated because the board failed to provide documented evidence for its claim that he had a history of classroom management problems…Read more…

  • School patrols increase (Lisbon Morning Journal)

    • Ever since last month's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., sheriff's deputies have been performing security checks during the school day at five school districts.…Read more…

  • Safer schools start with information (New Philadelphia Times)

    • School districts in Tuscarawas, Carroll, Harrison and Belmont counties are being offered free technology that would assist first responders dealing with emergencies at area schools.…Read more…

  • Kiwanis takes stand against bullying (Portsmouth Daily Times)

    • The Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth has taken a stand against bullying and did so with a recent presentation by club president John Johnson.…Read more…

  • Deputies could be added to help with Clark schools (Springfield News-Sun)

    • New Clark County sheriff’s deputies could be hired as part of a program to boost security in schools, a local response to the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shootings.…Read more…

  • Boosters, PTO slate reception for new superintendent (This Week News)

    • The Northridge Academic Boosters and Northridge PTO invite the community to a "Welcome to Northridge" for new Superintendent Dr. Chris Briggs.…Read more…

  • Chardon Schools' installation of security cameras now almost complete (Willoughby News Herald)

    • Chardon School District’s goal of installing technologically advanced security cameras in and around all of its buildings is nearing completion.…Read more…

  • Liberty schools expecting another audit (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Liberty schools are awaiting another report from Ohio Auditor David Yost, after a 2011 financial audit was released earlier this week, schools Superintendent Stan Watson said.…Read more…

Editorial

  • Alert to danger (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Last week, at the first of five regional training sessions, educators and law enforcement officers received graphic and sometimes emotional lessons about how to respond to the kind of shooting incidents that have gripped the nation’s attention.…Read more…

  • Alone in school (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Think of isolation rooms and physical restraints, and the mind goes not to schools but to prison cells for violent criminals or to efforts to prevent mentally unstable patients from hurting themselves or others.…Read more…

  • Right direction (Columbus Dispatch)

    • With a new State Board of Education policy limiting the use of “seclusion rooms” for students whose behavior is out of control, Ohio schools and students will be better off than they were before.…Read more…

  • Good start (Findlay Courier)

    • Limiting access to Findlay's elementary buildings won't stop all unwelcome visitors. But it should help. …Read more…

Education News for 01-17-2013

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  • Retiring Columbus schools official fears he’s data-rigging scapegoat (Columbus Dispatch)

    • No Columbus school-district worker is thought to have altered more student records over the past few years than Michael L. Dodds…Read more...

  • Westerville superintendent search down to 6 candidates (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Six candidates have been called back for second interviews in the search for the next superintendent of Westerville schools…Read more...

  • School reformer backs Kasich’s efforts (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A national education leader who has the ears of Gov. John Kasich and other Ohio GOP leaders says the state’s education system has improved, and she hopes this year to help push additional reforms through the General Assembly…Read more...

  • Ohio Police Department Offers To Add Armed Officers At Schools (WBNS)

    • A month after the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook elementary, President Obama is making recommendations to increase safety. Some Ohio school districts are taking action of their own…Read more...

Local Education News

  • No plan to arm teachers in North Canton schools (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • The carnage from the Newtown, Conn., shootings has added a new dimension to school safety and security…Read more...

  • Principal moved to district office after failing to report assault (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A Reynoldsburg elementary-school principal who did not immediately report a sexual assault involving two students to district officials or the police has resigned…Read more...

  • Coleman critical of school board (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman scolded the Columbus Board of Education yesterday for being reluctant to cooperate unconditionally…Read more...

  • Three elementary schools getting new security entrances (Findlay Courier)

    • By springtime, at least three of Findlay's elementary schools will have new security entrances, Findlay Superintendent Dean Wittwer said Wednesday…Read more...

  • Arm teachers? Sheriff: response time critical (New Philadelphia Times)

    • Tuscarawas County Sheriff Walt Wilson believes that schools need both a police presence and armed employees to prevent the mass shootings that have occurred in recent years across the country…Read more...

  • Westlake teachers, district reach agreement on 18-month contract (Sun News)

    • School board members voted Wednesday to approve an agreement with the Westlake Teachers Association on an 18-month contract for teachers…Read more...

  • Hilliard Property Taxes Decrease Due To School Refinancing (WBNS)

    • Hilliard City Schools has taken steps to refinance some of its debt which will decrease property taxes in the district. A district spokesperson said school board members voted on two separate resolutions that will reduce the projected bond millage…Read more...

  • Orrville City Schools votes to arm science teacher (WEWS)

    • When it came to a vote for a school board resolution…Read more...

  • Geauga County school leaders discuss consolidating 4 smallest districts (Willoughby News Herald)

    • After a meeting Wednesday night, it's fair to say there are still more questions than answers about the possibility of consolidating Geauga County's four smallest school districts…Read more...

Editorial

  • Code of conduct (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Public schools have a tough job when it comes to student discipline. As centers of learning, they are required to maintain an environment conducive to learning…Read more...

Education News for 12-11-2012

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  • Program to help Ohio schools teach historic texts (Dayton Daily News)

    • COLUMBUS — An educational program unveiled last week by the Ohio Historical Society is meant to help schools comply with a new state law requiring students in grades 4-12 to study the texts of the U.S. and state constitutions…Read more...

  • Ohio Board Of Education Takes First Step Toward Statewide Restraint, Seclusion Room Policy (WBNS)

    • COLUMBUS, Ohio - School officials discussed plans for what would be the first statewide policy regarding restraint and seclusion rooms in school.…Read more...

    


  • Ohio Senate Panel Vote Set On School Letter Grades (WCMH-TV)

    • A bill bestowing familiar-looking A through F grades on Ohio school districts, buildings and specialty programs is headed to likely passage in the Ohio Senate. The Senate Education Committee is scheduled to vote on the bill …Read more...

Local Education News

  • Unioto to provide more feedback on quarterly tests (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • Parents of Union-Scioto students can expect more feedback on how their kids are performing on quarterly assessments, if they want it. The district plans to make available, by request, summary reports…Read more...

  • Mayor Frank Jackson names members of schools' advice panel, a 1st step in districtwide overhaul (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • A key part of Mayor Frank Jackson's broader plan to boost academic performance in 
Cleveland took hold Monday when he named an advisory panel that will help set standards for charter schools in the city.…Read more...

  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District to auction its headquarters building (Crains Cleveland Business)

    • The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to auction off its headquarters building at 1380 E. Sixth St. In downtown Cleveland.…Read more...

    


  • Superintendent announces retirement (Findlay Courier )

    • Findlay Superintendent Dean Wittwer held back tears Monday as he announced his plan to retire at the end of the school year.…Read more...

    


  • Carey voters likely to see school proposal on ballot (Findlay Courier)

    • Carey Superintendent Mark Vehre said Monday the school board will be asked next month to act on resolutions to place a tax package for a new school building before voters in May.…Read more...

    


  • School board votes to close Washington Intermediate (Findlay Courier)

    • Tensions ran high as Findlay school board unanimously voted Monday to close Washington Intermediate School at the end of this school year. More than 20 Washington staff, students and parents filled Findlay High School's library Monday…Read more...

  • Tri-Rivers invites students, parents to explore school (Marion Star)

    • Tri-Rivers Career Center is talking careers and credits as it encourages sophomores to consider attending the vocational school next year. The career center recently had its Exploring Career Days for sophomores followed by an open house for their parents.…Read more...

  • River Valley board interviews school chief candidates (Marion Star)

    • MARION — The River Valley Local Schools Board of Education has started interviewing superintendent candidates as the district invites the community to say farewell to 14-year Superintendent Tom Shade.…Read more...

  • Grant to aid area school districts (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Eastern Ohio P-16 Partnership for Education, a Cincinnati-based initiative, and the Mahoning County Educational Service Center have secured a $100,000 grant from the Local Government Innovative Fund.…Read more...

Editorial

  • Poverty and a brain that is able to learn (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Except for some massaging, Ohio lawmakers are all but done writing a new law that changes how the state will measure and tell the public how well or poorly its schools are performing.…Read more...

Education News for 08-31-2012

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  • Program eyes link between students, Chillicothe community (Chillicothe Gazette

    • Chillicothe City Schools is enlisting the help of community members this fall to bolster student performance at Mount Logan and Tiffin elementary schools…Read more...

  • High-calorie drinks limited in schools (Dayton Daily News)

    • Beverage companies decreased drink calories offered in schools by 90 percent between 2004 and 2010, according to a recent study, a strategy industry and school officials…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Stow school board member sues peers, district treasurer (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • A Stow-Munroe Falls Board of Education member has sued the rest of the board and the district’s treasurer…Read more...

  • Perry classroom addresses needs of children with autism (Canton Repository)

    • Elementary school is all about exploration. It’s about discovering the world and its shapes, colors, sounds and numbers…Read more...

  • Being bullied is no joke, students told (Findlay Courier)

    • The message was clear: Something you may find funny may forever damage another person's view of themselves…Read more...

Editorial

  • Planned budget cuts harm at-risk youth (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • There is a lot of talk in our nation’s capital about the pending sequestration of nondefense discretionary programs…Read more...