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Local colleges mark graduations
More than 1,5000 students will graduate from local colleges this spring, with commencement ceremonies beginning today.Clark State Community College and Cedarville and Urbana universities will kick off the college graduations this morning with Wittenberg University following Saturday, May 11.Associate degrees mean an extra $400,000 in lifetime earnings on average, while ...
Health department, school monitor MRSA
The Ohio Department of Health and the Clark County Combined Health District are working with Springfield school officials to address recent cases of the staph infection MRSA at Lincoln Elementary School.“An outbreak is just two or more related cases, and so as far as we know at this time, we’re ...
Tecumseh looks to August ballot
As voters decide the fate of Tecumseh schools ninth attempt at passing a new operating levy since 2004 at the ballot box Tuesday, board members will be voting to place an identical levy on the August ballot. The Tecumseh Local Schools Board of Education will meet in special session Tuesday ...
CTC to promote business manager
The Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center Board of Education soon will vote to make Business Manager Anthony Fraley its next treasurer, said board President Donna Myers.Fraley, 33, will replace Treasurer Pamela Mustovich, who resigned to retire after 14 years with the CTC. Mustovich previously has worked at Tecumseh and Springboro schools.The ...
Northeastern implements pay-to-play
Northeastern Local Schools implemented pay-to-participate fees for spring sports to reduce the cost of athletics, and more budget cuts are expected next month, said Superintendent Lou Kramer.“We are going to make some reductions here in the spring and potentially in August as well, depending on what happens with the (Aug. ...
Lagonda named school of honor
Lagonda Elementary School has been named one of the state’s Schools of Honor, a distinction awarded to only 90 schools in the state of Ohio.Lagonda has earned a designation as a High Progress School of Honor, Springfield City School District Superintendent Dave Estrop said. The Schools of Honor program is ...
CTC embeds English into career tech
Eliminating the traditional English class has contributed to improved reading and language art skills for some students at the Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center.The CTC adopted this year a program called Embedded English, which sends English teachers into the career tech labs to work with students on assignments that relate to ...
Shawnee considers August ballot issue
Clark-Shawnee Local Schools voters next week will decide a request for new operating money. But even before the first votes have been counted, district leaders took steps to Monday to place an issue on the August ballot, if needed.Clark-Shawnee board members unanimously approved at a special meeting Monday morning the ...
Springfield students offered free summer school
Springfield City School District will offer summer school for remediation or advancement free for its students this year.For students who attend other districts or charter or private schoools, the cost will be $430 for a full-year course, $215 for one semester and $107.50 for a quarter.In previous years, the district ...
City school seeks input for hiring
The Springfield City School District will hold a forum Wednesday to get community input on the next high school campus director and director of elementary education.“Both of these are key leadership positions, in terms of getting kids off to a great start in terms of the elementary education and, with ...
Starbase program faces budget cuts
A top-ranked and popular science program thousands of Miami Valley students, including Springfield students, have participated in could be torpedoed because of federal budget cuts impacting the Pentagon, area educators say.Launched locally nine years ago, Starbase teaches science, technology, engineering and math skills to fifth graders on five-day field trips ...
No prom, grad walk for senior
An 18-year-old Southeastern High School senior will not be allowed to participate in graduation or prom activities after she tested positive for nicotine on a random drug test.Southeastern requires students to consent to random drug testing for alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription drugs and nicotine to participate in sports, extracurricular activities ...
Teacher on leave for investigation
A teacher at the Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center is on an administrative leave over allegations of misconduct, according to the superintendent.Scott Rohrer Jr., 28, was placed on leave today and is under investigation for misconduct, Superintendent Rick Smith said in a media release. The matter has been turned over to ...
Springfield High expands personalized student advising
Springfield High School expanded its personalized advising sessions this year for students to include sophomores and partners from higher education institutions.The sessions can help students develop plans to achieve their goals and avoid mistakes that might derail them, educators said.On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 35 volunteers from the city schools, ...
West Liberty schools seek bond issue
West Liberty-Salem Local Schools will ask voters in August to approve a revised tax issue to renovate and add on to existing buildings.Voters will see a combined 3.62-mill bond issue and .25 percent income tax to raise $11 million toward a building project on the Aug. 6 ballot. If approved, ...
Boston residents with Springfield ties face ‘scary’ day
Former area residents now living in and around Boston waited indoors and communicated with friends and relatives back home Friday during a lockdown and manhunt for the remaining suspected Boston Marathon bomber.South Charleston native Dakotah Waugh, a 2006 Southeastern High School and 2010 Cedarville University graduate, lives in nearby Malden, ...
ACT, AP can cut college costs
Data included on the state report cards for high schools about how students performed on the SAT, ACT and AP tests can translate into money saved for families.The state of Ohio each year releases the data on the number of students participating in exams like the ACT and SAT — ...
Runners not deterred by tragedy
For Kenton Ridge High School grad Dan Beaver — and for countless other runners — the bombings at the Boston Marathon won’t deter him from future races.Nor will it shake his sense of close-knit community with fellow runners.“It clearly is a small community and everybody’s kind of brought together,” he ...
Science school accepting applications
The agricultural science school that will open in Springfield on Aug. 21 is accepting applications now from interested eighth graders.The Global Impact STEM Academy will open for its first year at Clark State Community College’s Leffel Lane campus. The school will accept an inaugural class of about 75 incoming freshmen, ...
New ratings tougher on schools
An advance look at Ohio’s new A-F report card system, slated to be rolled out in August, shows many school districts score poorly in areas such as closing achievement gaps between students.One new category, Annual Measurable Objectives, shows as many as 38 percent of Ohio school districts get Ds or ...
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