State Education News

Columbus schools could face takeover under plan (Columbus Dispatch)

Columbus City Schools would sit directly in the path of a state takeover under an amendment to the state budget bill proposed yesterday…Read more...

Senate approves bill for school security funding (Lorain Morning Journal)

The Ohio Senate has approved a bill that would allow school districts to use money raise through a levy for school security…Read more...

Lorain academic distress commission meets Monday (Lorain Morning Journal)

The first meeting of the Academic Distress Commission for the Lorain City School District State Superintendent of Public Instruction will take place…Read more...

Schools project deficit (Mansfield News Journal)

State officials say there is little hope for Mansfield City Schools to be removed from fiscal watch unless the district’s upcoming levy passes…Read more...

Uncertainty of state dollars lead Perrysburg school board to reconsider all-day kindergarten plan (Toledo Blade)

With the uncertainty of state dollars coming in next year after a revised statehouse budget was placed on the legislative table…Read more...

Local Education News

Medina rescinds school superintendent's contract (Canton Repository)

A city school district in northern Ohio has rescinded a superintendent’s contract because officials say the process violated the state’s Sunshine Laws…Read more...

District to take control of Gahanna charter (Columbus Dispatch)

A charter school that the Gahanna-Jefferson district created to take advantage of state grant money will return to the district’s control because the money has dried up…Read more...

Reynoldsburg a national example again (Columbus Dispatch)

The U.S. Department of Education has — once again — recognized Reynoldsburg schools…Read more...

Crowd wants fairness in Ottawa-Glandorf retire/rehire (Lima News)

More than 50 people attended Tuesday’s Ottawa-Glandorf School Board meeting to discuss re-hiring Superintendent Kevin Brinkman while he receives retirement benefits…Read more...

School success (Marietta Times)

In addition to receiving an excellent rating on its 2011-12 report card, Beverly-Center Elementary School has been recognized by the state for the success…Read more...

Ridgedale's Larson to lead state delegation (Marion Star)

The newly elected governor of Ohio YMCA’s Youth in Government program may have won the office, but she isn’t done campaigning…Read more...

Strongsville school board will hold April 18 (Sun Newspapers)

Fifty-six days since their last public meeting, the school board will hold its April 18 meeting at the Strongsville High School…Read more...

Police, Lakeview school officials investigate Facebook page (Youngstown Vindicator)

The Cortland Police Department suspects that an adult created a phony Facebook page for a female teacher at Lakeview High School…Read more...