http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Megan Gildow of the News-Sun newspaper in Springfield, Ohio, covers local school districts, their teachers, students and anything in between. Districts she covers include: Springfield City Schools, Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Northeastern Local Schools, Northwestern Local Schools, Tecumseh Local Schools, Southeastern Local Schools, Greenon Local Schools, Catholic Central Schools, Emmanuel Christian, and area charter schools. Quick news updates by e-mail Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. Sign up en-us mgildow@coxohio.com 2009-09-08T00:25:12-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/09/08/obamas_speech_available_for_pr.html President Barack Obama’s planned words for an address to the country’s students Tuesday, Sept. 8 is available for parents to check out before their kids may view the speech at school. You can find the speech here. I read through... 14662803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Politics 2009-09-08T00:25:12-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/09/04/obama_to_address_nations_stude.html In a 15-20 minute address Tuesday, Sept. 8, President Barack Obama will speak to the nation’s students about the “importance of education, the importance of staying in school, how we want to improve our education system and why its so... 14619503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Politics 2009-09-04T07:03:26-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/08/25/springfield_maintains_continuo.html Later tonight/early tomorrow we’ll have capsules on each district up on springfieldnewssun.com and I’ll link to them but for now I’ll go over some highlights on the blog. Springfield City Schools kept its “Continuous Improvement” rating for the 2008-09 school... 14477003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-08-25T18:00:20-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/08/25/northeastern_penalized_on_repo.html The state released district report cards today, Aug. 25, and all but one local district maintained or improved its rating over last year. Check out more detailed information for your district or school building. I’ll be posting more on each... 14470703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Northeastern Local Schools 2009-08-25T12:29:13-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/08/18/district_opens_convocation_to.html Springfield City Schools will open its annual back to school convocation to the public for the first time in recent history, according to Superintendent David Estrop. The Aug. 25 convocation will be Estrop’s first with the district since joining Springfield... 14353203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-08-18T07:14:42-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/08/10/local_superintendent_will_be_s.html Clark-Shawnee Superintendent Debbie Finkes will be sworn in as the 40th president of the Buckeye Association of School Administrators Tuesday, Aug. 11. BASA is the Ohio association representing education leadership and tackling topics like finance, issues, legislation and leadership. As... 14228903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Clark-Shawnee Local Schools 2009-08-10T11:20:39-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/07/29/who_wants_to_be_your_school_bo.html Citizens interested in being a school board member have three more weeks to obtain the petitions to run on the Nov. 3 ballot. Petitions are due to the board of elections by 4 p.m. Aug. 20. As of Monday, we... 14064903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Clark County Educational Services Center 2009-07-29T16:13:24-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/07/28/whats_in_a_name_springfield_pr.html As of Tuesday night, Springfield City Schools officials still haven’t settled on a name for the former Clark Middle School building. The district’s central offices and preschool programs will be housed at Clark beginning this year. From the suggestions I’ve... 14048103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-07-28T22:20:05-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/07/28/springfield_names_preschool_te.html Springfield City Schools board members approved two appointments Tuesday, July 28, for a director of technology and an interim administrator for pre-school programs at the former Clark Middle School. Stacy Keplinger will oversee the district’s technology department at a salary... 14047803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-07-28T21:41:37-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/07/15/springfield_principal_assignme.html Students at six Springfield schools will have a new principal when they head back to class this fall. Principal building assignments for the coming year, according to Superintendent David Estrop, will be (an asterisk mean the person is new to... 13847903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-07-15T15:37:10-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/07/15/board_to_vote_on_november_ball.html Northwestern board members will decide Thursday, July 16, how to proceed with a proposed tax issue on the November ballot. The board will vote on a series of resolutions at Thursday’s meeting to put a combined bond issue and income... 13840703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Northwestern Local Schools 2009-07-15T10:15:53-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/06/12/springfield_uilding_principal.html Four new principals were hired by the Springfield school board Thursday night, but those administrators were not assigned to any particular building. The district has as many building principals as it does buildings at this point, but few of those... 13355603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-06-12T17:01:03-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/06/11/district_selects_new_superinte.html Southeastern Local Schools has selected David M. Shea as its next superintendent, Treasurer Brad McKee said Thursday, June 11. Shea, 39, is currently principal of Southeastern Middle School in Ross County near Chillicothe. The board will vote to hire him... 13324303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Southeastern Local Schools 2009-06-11T11:44:23-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/06/08/top_students_recognize_valued.html Top students from around the county recognized teachers who had made an impact on their lives at the Larry K. Zerkle Excellence in Education Awards Monday, June 8. Look for the full list in School Notes in this Sunday’s News-Sun.... 13272303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ 2009-06-08T20:26:09-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/05/29/three_vie_for_southeastern_sup.html SOUTH CHARLESTON - Three educators will be interviewed in the coming weeks by Southeastern staff and school board members to be the district’s next superintendent. Greenon Assistant Superintendent Tammy Carnahan, Holgate Local Schools principal Bruce Kidder and middle school principal... 13084303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Southeastern Local Schools 2009-05-29T12:52:52-04:00 mgildow@coxohio.com