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Education News for 05-22-2013

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State Education News

  • Little Miami regains its independence (Cincinnati Enquirer)

    • Today is Independence Day for the financially embattled Little Miami Schools. Once Ohio’s poster child for school district monetary woes, the Warren County school system will be autonomous…Read more...

  • Coleman, Gee pitch Columbus school proposal to legislators (Columbus Dispatch)

    • State legislators drew attention to academic failures of the Columbus school district and to its ongoing data scandal last night in the first talks over a bill that…Read more...

  • Special-needs aides still fighting dismissal (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Two Columbus special-needs aides who were fired last summer are still fighting to get their jobs back. The final day of hearings before the Columbus Civil Service Commission…Read more...

  • Northridge out of fiscal caution, but levy needed (Newark Advocate)

    • The Northridge School District is out of fiscal caution. However, the district will have to renew its 8.86 mill levy by the end of 2014 to remain in the black long term…Read more...

  • As prepared as we can be for Tornadoes (Portsmouth Daily Times)

    • An enormous tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., Monday, killing more…Read more...

Local Education News

    

  • Families of the victims of Chardon School shooting are suing the United Way over access to Chardon (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

    • The families of the three Chardon High School students who were killed in 2012 are suing the United Way of Greater Cleveland and its Geauga County chapter…Read more...

  • Reynoldsburg takes over charter e-school (Columbus Dispatch)

    • The Reynoldsburg school board is taking over the charter e-school that it placed on probation last year…Read more...

  • Groveport Madison levy still losing by 12 votes (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Groveport Madison’s school levy gained four votes but is still behind after elections officials counted provisional ballots and added in an uncounted…Read more...

  • Columbus school board votes to back report of Coleman’s education panel (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A resolution supporting the recommendations of the Columbus Education Commission passed a divided Columbus school board last night, after a lengthy debate that centered largely around whether…Read more...

  • Brunswick school officials close all buildings in response to norovirus (Sun Newspapers)

    • Although symptoms of the condition itself last, in general, little more than 24 hours, a norovirus outbreak at the Brunswick City Schools this past week led to the closer of every building…Read more...

  • Maysville students benefit from early college courses (Zanesville Times-Recorder)

    • Skylar Novaria might achieve his goal of becoming a business manager or CEO sooner than expected because of being a proactive teenager…Read more...

Education News for 01-11-2013

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State Education News

  • Ohio’s public schools rate 12th in U.S. with B- grade (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Ohio’s public school system earned a better grade on the nation’s report card this year, but the state’s rank — fifth in the nation three years ago — fell to 12th…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Groveport schools offer 12 options for levy (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Groveport Madison school officials took their first steps to place a levy on the May ballot at last night’s school board meeting…Read more...

  • Huber Heights schools to cut 108 jobs, 64 teachers (Dayton Business Journal)

    • The board of the Huber Heights school district voted to cut 108 jobs and 64 teachers, according to WDTN-TV 2…Read more...

  • Lakota saves $1.5M after cuts to art, music (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Elementary students within Lakota are getting less exposure this school year to subjects, including art and music…Read more...

  • Retired teacher group offering grants to current teachers (Lima News)

    • The Allen County Retired Teachers Association is accepting project proposals for teacher grants the group began giving last year…Read more...

  • Casino money: Not enough help for local schools (New Philadelphia Times)

    • Joe Edinger, superintendent of East Holmes Local Schools in Berlin, doesn’t plan on spending the $39,677.15 his district will receive as its share of state casino-tax revenue…Read more...

  • District facing state oversight (Springfield News-Sun)

    • Tecumseh Local Schools must further cut expenses and increase revenues or face a projected $1.6 million deficit and fiscal caution status in 2014, the state education department told the district this week…Read more...

  • Mathews student charged after describing school shootings as ‘easy’ (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Two buddies from Mathews High School were arraigned Wednesday on felony charges — one accused of making remarks that caused panic at the high school, the other accused of vandalizing a teacher’s house in Niles last week…Read more...

Editorial

  • Disruptive students (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • Tamika Williams has a problem. And so, unfortunately, does the Akron Public Schools, which has the responsibility to ensure a learning environment that is safe for all staff and students, including angry, young ones like Tamika…Read more...

  • Fine could have helped Jackson kids (Canton Repository)

    • Judge had noble idea, but ex-coach’s victims may need counseling, too. Scott D. Studer pleaded guilty last month for videotaping Jackson High School student athletes in the showers…Read more...

Education News for 02-02-2012

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Statewide Education News

  • Bill to delay school start until after Labor Day draws educators’ objections (Dispatch)

    • A bill that would change how Ohio schools calculate class time came under fire from both state and local school officials yesterday. But supporters say it would not only keep students in school longer, but also help the state’s tourism industry. Representatives of the Ohio School Boards Association, the Ohio Association of School Business Officials and a local school district testified before the House Education Committee in opposition to a bill that proposes a minimum school year based on the number of hours students spend in school, rather than days. Read More…

Local Issues

  • Groveport Madison to ask: ‘What can you live without?’ (Dispatch)

    • Sports programs, high-school busing or all-day kindergarten could be gone this fall, as Groveport Madison school officials consider $4 million in budget cuts for the 2012-13 school year. But before district leaders come up with a plan to make those reductions, they want to hear from parents and community members about what they think is off-limits and what they are willing to live without. The district will play host to the first of two forums to discuss the issue at 7 p.m. Thursday at Groveport Madison High School. Read More…

  • Board OKs phys ed opt-outs (Tribune Chronicle)

    • WARREN - Students of the city school district who participate in athletics and various other activities will now have the option to forego the physical education classes required for graduation. At a special Wednesday afternoon meeting, Warren City Board of Education members Regina Patterson, president, Robert Faulkner and Patricia Limperos approved the second and final reading of the new physical education waiver policy. Board members Andre Coleman and Rhonda Baldwin-Amorganos, who each initially voted against the opt-out policy, were absent. Read More…

  • Unique Curriculum at Holmes Middle School Pays Off (WKRC 12 CBS)

    • Imagine kids who want to go to school... who look forward to learning in colorful rooms, where they sometimes break into a dance. That unique teaching method at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, has been adopted locally by Covington Independent Schools. Local 12 News Reporter Deborah Dixon takes us to Holmes Middle School, where attendance and grades are up, and discipline problems are down. Students start the day in Ms. Wolf's Language Arts Class. "We are going to brainstorm the traits of a hero." Read More…

  • Two companies sue over bus garage (News-Sun)

    • SPRINGFIELD — Two companies are suing entities involved in building the Springfield City School District’s bus garage, according to documents filed in the common pleas court. But the city schools and the Community Improvement Corporation of Springfield and Clark County are not responsible for the payments the companies are seeking, according to the parties involved. “It’s really a dispute between a contractor and a sub-(contractor),” said Jim Peifer, a local attorney who represent CIC, an economic development nonprofit organization. Read More…

  • Lakota board agrees to get ready for $9M in cutbacks (Enquirer)

    • LIBERTY TWP. – Before Lakota Schools can tackle its looming budget shortfall, all officials need to be on the same page – especially administrators and the governing board, said Superintendent Karen Mantia. Mantia, at Wednesday’s board meeting, asked for clarification as to whether its five members agree that cutting $9 million to balance next school year’s budget is the way to go. The unusual request was brought about in part by an extensive and lengthy public discussion during last month’s board meeting that saw Mantia fielding a series of questions, primarily from veteran board member Joan Powell. Read More…

  • No raises for Westerville schools support staff (Dispatch)

    • Support-staff workers in Westerville schools will receive no pay raises for the next two years under a deal unanimously approved yesterday by the Board of Education. But those provisions and a concession on health-care costs will take effect only if the district’s three other unions also take on more of their health-care costs. If the other unions don’t agree, the Westerville Educational Support Staff Association and district will revisit the contract extension. Read More…

Editorial

  • Claymont Junior High School scores with e-reader funds (Times-Reporter)

    • On Jan. 14, 2012, I was listening to my police scanner when I heard a call for a possible fire at the Lincoln high-rise apartments. When the first officer arrived, he reported the Fire Department needed to step it up, because there was a fully engaged fire. As officers arrived, they entered the building and went to the 4th, 5th and 6th floors. We applaud the initiative shown at Claymont Junior High School, which this week began using Kindle e-readers in seventh- and eighth-grade language arts classes. Read More…