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Education News for 03-26-2013

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State Education News

  • Threat from February involved national security; 12-year-old charged (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • A threat that caused concern at Chillicothe Middle School in February also created alarm at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the Gazette has learned…Read more...

  • Judge rules Strongsville City Schools to release public records to teachers' union (WBNS)

    • An appeals court judge is ordering the Strongsville City School District…Read more...

  • What Chardon shooter TJ Lane's life sentence in prison (WBNS)

    • If you were like most people and found yourself disgusted at TJ Lane's courtroom…Read more...

  • Board’s evaluation rates superintendent a five of possible nine (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • Despite improved test scores, the school board evaluated Superintendent Connie Hathorn’s performance at a 5 out of a possible 9, down two points from last year…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Chillicothe school board cuts 10.5 teaching positions (Chillicothe Gazette)

    • The Chillicothe City School District Board of Education on Monday approved a reduction in force that cuts 101/2 more teaching positions from a staff that has shrunk by 14 percent in the past several years…Read more...

  • Student admits posting ‘angry’ videos (Columbus Dispatch)

    • A former Gahanna-Lincoln High School student admitted yesterday to a misdemeanor delinquency charge of inducing panic by posting an online video that some classmates considered threatening…Read more...

  • Coleman issues ultimatum to school board (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman will not support any permanent successor to Superintendent Gene Harris whom the city school board hires by this summer, he said yesterday…Read more...

  • Author connects with students, standards (Marion Star)

    • Taft Elementary School teachers hope a brush with fame encourages students to become better readers and storytellers…Read more...

  • Perrysburg schools may purchase classroom units from Sylvania schools (Toledo Blade)

    • Perrysburg schools are moving forward with a plan to purchase five classroom portable units from Sylvania schools for a short-term fix to its overcrowding issues…Read more...

Editorial

  • Panel could help curb child deaths (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Kaydence Lewinski, 5 months old, shaken and beaten to death; Angela Palmer, 4, burned to death; Brianna Blackmond, 23 months, beaten to death; Samuel and Solomon Simms, 6- year-old twins, strangled…Read more...

Education News for 11-02-2012

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State Education News

  • State Board of Education: Voters to fill 7 seats on Tuesday (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Like a game of musical chairs, two members of the Ohio Board of Education are running for a seat representing Franklin, Delaware and Knox counties…Read more...

  • ACLU getting involved with Celina pro-gay shirt issue (Lima News)

    • The controversy over T-shirts supporting gay rights at Celina High School has attracted the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio…Read more...

Local Education News

  • Students put bullies on alert (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Consider them the neighborhood watch of Baldwin Road Junior High School. As part of the school’s new bully patrol, about 60 students are monitoring the building for any sign of kids who are calling names…Read more...

  • Technical problems ironic at meeting (Columbus Dispatch)

    • Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s third education briefing yesterday was to focus largely on new online technologies that could bring the most-skilled teachers into classrooms…Read more...

  • Cuts To Come In December If Licking Heights Levy Fails (WBNS)

    • Dozens of school districts are asking for more tax dollars in next week's election. But one community says its cuts will begin in less than 30 days, if voters say "no."…Read more...

Editorial

  • Burden on the schools (Akron Beacon Journal)

    • As many as 194 Ohio school districts have levies on the ballot on Tuesday, 123 of them seeking new money for facilities or operations. Whether they come from small, suburban districts or large urban systems…Read more...

Education News for 09-18-2012

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State Education News

  • State to review deal in audit (Columbus Dispatch)

    • School officials changed their minds about hiring state auditors to examine an exotic financial deal in the New Albany-Plain district…Read more

  • Area high school students in college classes has doubled in past five years (Hamilton Journal-News)

    • Students who take college courses while in high school are expected to increase dramatically in the next decade, education experts say…Read more

  • State to talk about money at Mathews (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • Ohio Department of Education representatives are scheduled to visit Mathews Schools officials on Wednesday to discuss the district's finances…Read more

Local Education News

  • North Fork fills vacant position after tight vote (Newark Advocate)

    • The North Fork Board of Education approved a Columbus administrator as its new activities director and assistant principal…Read more

  • Driving the point home (Warren Tribune Chronicle)

    • It's one thing for an adult, including a law enforcement officer, to talk to teens about the importance of safe driving…Read more

  • Former Northland High School Athletic Director Admits To Stealing Thousands (WBNS)

    • The former athletic director at Northland High School pleaded guilty to theft in office. Ramani Hunter was sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence if she follows all the rules during a year of court…Read more

  • Columbus Schools Face Lawsuit Over Planned Renovation Project (WBNS)

    • Columbus City Schools is facing a $41 million lawsuit over its renovation project at Indianola Middle School…Read more

  • Board member calls for sup’t to resign (Youngstown Vindicator)

    • An emotionally charged email from school-board member Harold Porter calls for the resignation of Superintendent Vince Colaluca. Porter, who was elected to the board in November 2011, sent the email to Colaluca and other school-board members…Read more

Education News for 01-20-2012

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Statewide Education News

  • Parents, Schools Work Around Growing Food Allergies (ONN)

    • MARENGO - Doug Eckelbarger is a Social Studies teacher who has a daughter with a potential fatal peanut allergy. "It was pretty scary, hives from head down to the torso," said Eckelbarger. Eckelbarger's daughter has had close calls before which is why it is so important to monitor what she eats at home and school, ONN's Stephanie Mennecke reported. At Highland Local Schools, they do the best they can to watch 2,000 students. Food allergies and medical conditions for each student are kept electronically. Read More…

Local Issues

  • Westerville Schools Discuss Services That Could Return If Levy Is Passed (WBNS 10 CBS)

    • WESTERVILLE - The Westerville City School Board met Wednesday to discuss the possibility of reviving programs if its proposed levy passes. Superintendent Dr. J. Daniel Good, warned students and parents that while programs could come back they may not be the same as before, 10TV's Jason Frazer reported. The district is proposing a levy in March. Administrators said approval of that levy could bring back non-athletic after-school programs, gift intervention services and reading intervention teachers. Read More…

  • Monroe schools to cut 19 employees (Middletown Journal)

    • MONROE — Monroe Local Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli said Thursday 19 positions will be eliminated next school year as a part of the district’s plan to cut $2.2 million from its budget. Among the cuts will be three art and three music teaching positions as a result of general music classes in grades K-6 being eliminated along with art classes in grades K-8. Those subjects will be taught by regular classroom teachers, Lolli said. Thirteen teachers, three classified staff and three administrators are expected to be eliminated. Read More…

  • School, Student Responded Right Way To Alleged Luring (WBNS 10 CBS)

    • CIRCLEVILLE - Sheriff's officials said on Thursday that both the Logan Elm Local School District and a boy who allegedly was approached by a stranger responded the right way in a difficult situation. Police said that John Guisinger, 62, approached a 12-year-old boy at a bus stop on Wednesday and attempted to lure the boy to his car. According to investigators, the boy ran and told his family. "He was very smart. Very smart kid. Took off running, got a hold of his mom and his grandma right away, and they called the proper authorizes," said Pickaway County sheriff's Detective John Strawser. Read More…

Editorial

  • Drawing the line: What happens at home is not school business (Post-Gazette)

    • It's one thing for Pink Floyd to sing: "Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!" It's another that the U.S. Supreme Court should implicitly endorse that sentiment by not agreeing to take two cases from Pennsylvania and one from West Virginia concerning free speech and school discipline. Juvenile parodies and criticism were at issue in the cases. One was about a then-Hickory High School senior in Mercer County suspended for creating a mocking Web profile of his principal. Another involved an eighth-grader suspended in the Blue Mountain School for producing a profanity-laced profile of her principal that suggested he was a pedophile. The West Virginia case was about a teen who disparaged a fellow student online. Read More…