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    The Carlisle Local Schools central office is at 230 Jamaica Road. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Voters in the Carlisle school district to consider repeal of previously approved 1%...
    FILE - Scott Camery, votes Tuseday Aug. 2, 2022 at the Waynesville Community Church in Warren County. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF
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    Lebanon Schools has seven people running for board of education
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    Four people run for three Carlisle school board seats
    FILE - The William McKinley Monument is silhouetted in front of the west side of the Ohio Statehouse, April 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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    Legislature overrides DeWine, eliminates new emergency levies for school districts
    A crowd of more than 100 people packed Miamisburg School District's Board of Education meeting Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 after two teachers were placed on paid leave for remarks concerning conservative political figure Charlie Kirk. More than a dozen students, parents and alumni voiced support of music teacher/band director Steve Aylward. ERIC SCHWARTZBERG/STAFF
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    Ohio teachers face intense backlash over Charlie Kirk social media posts: Is it freedom...
    Franklin Schools Treasurer Kevin Hawley points to a graph during the Monday, May 19, 2025, school board meeting that compares district finances based on the levy defeat, showing a negative operating budget in fiscal year 2029. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Franklin voters to decide 1% income tax levy
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    VIDEO: DDN reporter gets behind the wheel of school bus: See her reaction
    Principal Charity Goode greets students on the first day at Rosa Parks Elementary School Monday, Aug. 18, 2025 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF
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    Districts doing better at getting kids to school, but absenteeism still stubbornly high...
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    Ohio sees improvement in math, stalls in reading in latest report card
    The headquarters of the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is pictured on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio.(AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)
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    3 major teachers’ unions sue Ohio, blame Republicans over STRS takeover
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    Ohio Report Card: Here’s the state ratings for local school districts
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    Funeral set for Springboro grad killed in crash near Marquette University
    This file photo shows the warning sign you see entering Stebbins High School. Mad River School district staff members volunteered to be a armed and trained response team and were approved by the district administrators as well as law enforcement. FILE
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    Ohio schools who allow staff to carry guns increasing but still low
    The Warren County courts building houses Warren County Common Pleas Court. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Former Butler Tech educator sentenced in Warren County child porn case
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    Large crowd expected for first Springboro Schools Back to School Bash
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    Election 2025: School, fire, police issues on November ballot in northern Warren County
    Chris Burge (far left), a child nutrition specialist at Fairborn Middle School, talks to a child during a summer lunch session on Friday, July 25 at Fairborn Library. Kayleigh Jones (center right, in black) attended the lunch with her younger siblings Rilee (center) and Shayden (right). Fairborn City Schools provides free meals to children ages 1 to 18 at 10 different sites around the city each weekday from June 9 to Aug. 1. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    How an Obama law changed school lunch, and Trump budget threatens it
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    Eaton HS band director indicted for alleged inappropriate relationships with students
    Butler County Sheriff's Office arrested Justin Daniel Dennis, 42, charging him with sexual battery of a former student during the 2021-2022 school year. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/FILE
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    Lakota East teacher allegedly used classroom for sex with student
    The city of Springboro bought 60 acres of the 103-acre Easton Farm property at 605 N. Main St. (Ohio 741), with 20 of those acres traded with the Springboro Board of Education for a new pre-kindergarten through second-grade school, if voters approve a bond issue on the Nov. 4 ballot. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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    Springboro Schools levy would fund new school on Easton Farm site, other upgrades
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    Do private schools offer Ohio students a better education? Not necessarily
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    How and why we reported on Ohio public and private school test scores
    The Franklin Board of Education, by a majority vote, approved placing a traditional school district income tax on the Nov. 4 levy for voters to consider in order to fund district operations. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Franklin schools asks voters to approve income tax on Nov. 4 ballot
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    Eaton HS band director accused of inappropriate relationship with students
    The Franklin Board of Education is meeting at 6 p.m. July 21, 2025, at Franklin High School to determine whether to place a traditional school district income tax or an earned income tax on the Nov. 4 levy to fund district operations. JEN BALDUF/STAFF
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    Franklin schools plan different type of tax issue request
    The Franklin County Common Pleas Court is in the Franklin County Government Center at 345 S. High St., Columbus.
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    Ohio EdChoice program ruled unconstitutional
    Edgewood Schools will now by led by former interim superintendent – and former Edgewood Middle School principal – Curtis Philpot after the school board recently approved his hiring. Philpot is no stranger to Edgewood Schools having graduated from Edgewood High School before going on years later to lead Madison Schools as that district’s superintendent. CONTRIBUTED
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    5 Questions: Meet Edgewood Schools’ new leader
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    Scoby remembered as ‘legendary contributor’ to Springfield
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