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Northeastern considers income tax request on August ballot
Northeastern board members will consider placing a one-percent earned income tax on the August ballot at a meeting Thursday.“We failed in November and still need additional revenue,” said Superintendent Lou Kramer. “Our financial situation hasn’t changed, except for the worst, I guess.”Northeastern Local Schools, the county’s second largest school district, ...
City schools hosting ready fair for families
The Springfield City School District will host its third annual “ready fair” Friday with activities and giveaways that will help parents of young children prepare for school.School readiness can be an important factor in a child’s education, with researchers finding that students who are unprepared for school often fall behind ...
$14.3M more for local schools
A new budget plan from the Ohio House proposes an additional $14.3 million in state aid for Clark and Champaign county schools in the next two years.The House released funding projections for its changes to the proposed biennial budget Wednesday morning. Those figures show an increase of $7.2 million in ...
Springfield hires firms for 4 searches
The Springfield city schools will spend $31,000 to conduct regional searches to fill four administrative positions for the 2013-14 school year.Two search firms have been hired to search the Midwest to fill positions vacated by retirements in the Springfield City School District, said Superintendent David Estrop, who said he believed ...
Kenton Ridge briefly locked down
Kenton Ridge High School briefly locked down Tuesday morning while sheriff’s deputies looked for a suspect in the area, said Northeastern Local Schools Superintendent Lou Kramer.“We had received a phone call from a concerned parent about a situation in the community,” said Kramer. “The sheriff’s department said certainly to use ...
Four districts seek May levies
Four local school districts will ask voters to approve operating issues on the May 7 ballot, including two requesting a total of $6 million in new tax money.In Clark County, Tecumseh and Clark-Shawnee schools both are seeking voter approval of new operating dollars in May. In Champaign County, Urbana and ...
Springfield schools seek $14M bond issue
The Springfield City School District will ask voters to approve a 2.2-mill bond issue it says would allow for security and safety improvements at the schools without raising tax bills.An old bond issue will expire at the end of 2013 that costs property owners about the same as the tax ...
Schools face up to $1.3M cuts
Federal sequestration budget cuts could cost Clark and Champaign County schools up to $1.3 million for tutors and other staff members that help disadvantaged students, at the same time that districts are facing new state reading requirements.Federal money — sometimes called Title dollars — typically flows to schools based on ...
Springfield saves $1.9 million in energy costs
A $4 million investment into energy efficient improvements at Springfield schools has saved the district $1.9 million in the last three years.The district began an energy conservation project in May 2008, spending $3 million to make improvements at 14 schools in the first phase. Working with Waibel Trane, an energy ...
2 SHS students compete in international fairs
Two Springfield High School students earned all-expense paid trips to international science competitions with projects that addressed issues in the local environment.Seniors Humza Bashir and Sam Thompson were selected to compete at the international level based on their projects at the Southwest District Science Fair at Central State University on ...
Northwestern plans ‘fall break’ for buildings
Northwestern Local Schools will open in August as planned, with older students attending the new junior/senior high school, then take an October “fall break” to complete the move to the district’s new buildings.“The Oct. 25 break is when we’re going to be moving and taking occupancy of the new elementary,” ...
New school projects deficit in first 4 years
Financial projections for the agricultural science school show that the academy would operate at a deficit for the first four years.The Global Impact STEM Academy will open in August at a temporary home on Clark State Community College’s Leffel Lane campus with 75 freshmen. Enrollment would increase each year until ...
Clark State selects new president
Clark State Community College, one of the county’s top 20 employers, has selected the chancellor of the Ozark Campus at Arkansas Tech University to be its next president.Jo Alice Blondin, picked from three finalists who interviewed at the college earlier this month, will begin her tenure as president July 1, ...
Science school picks first director
A local farmer-turned-educator will be the founding director of the new Springfield-based agricultural science school.The Global Impact STEM Academy Governing Board on Tuesday unanimously approved hiring Joshua Jennings, 34, as the school’s first permanent director.Proposed by Sen. Chris Widener, R-Springfield, the academy will be the first industry-focused regional science, technology, ...
Springfield launches teacher recruitment site
Springfield schools has launched a teacher recruiting website that officials hope will bring the best teachers and other staff to the district as they prepare to fill as many as 75 open positions for the next school year.“Our students deserve and need the very best, and that’s what we’re after, ...
Some third-graders won’t be promoted
Third-grade students who do not pass the reading portion of the Ohio Achievement Assessment this year could be retained next school year. This is the first year that the Third Grade Reading Guarantee — passed into state law in 2012 — comes into play for Ohio families, including potentially hundreds ...
Science school lands at Clark State
The new agricultural science school will open at Clark State Community College’s Leffel Lane campus for the 2013-14 school year.The governing board of the Global Impact STEM Academy voted Monday to negotiate a lease with Clark State to use Shull Hall as a temporary location for the school’s first year.Global ...
Catholic Central raises $7M for buildings
Catholic Central Schools has exceeded its $5 million fundraising goal and will build a new chapel, as well as completing renovations and an addition on its East High Street campus.The school’s fundraising campaign had stalled at $4.2 million in the fall but two $1 million, anonymous donations in early 2013 ...
Tecumseh plans $500K in cuts
Tecumseh Local Schools will eliminate high school busing, trim funding for the Junior ROTC program by 13 percent and cut six to seven teaching positions as part of $500,000 in budget cuts if voters don’t approve a May levy.“It will have impact,” Superintendent Brad Martin said. “When you start cutting ...
3 Clark State president finalists visit
Three finalists for the presidency at Clark State will visit the campus this week to meet with staff, faculty, students and community members. The finalists are John W. Marr, dean of academic affairs for the Eastern campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Highland Hills, Ohio; W. Michael Stoy, president of ...
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