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 2010-01-20T10:00:11-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/01/20/northwestern_holds_first_desig.html Northwestern Local Schools will hold its first design committee meeting Thursday, Jan. 21, to make decisions about elements of the two new buildings the district will be constructing. The district’s architecture firm, SHP Leading Design, will guide the committee through... 16405703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Northwestern Local Schools 2010-01-20T10:00:11-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/01/20/catholic_central_celebrates_an.html SPRINGFIELD — Catholic Central Schools will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a community Mass Feb. 2 and invites the community to join them. Admission is free however there are about 600 tickets available, said Kathy Sahle, director or development for... 16405403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Catholic Central schools 2010-01-20T09:42:02-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/12/16/students_participate_in_monarc.html Keifer Alternative Center and Springfield High School students are participating in a program that allows them to conduct the experiment simultaneously with a space-based mission. The students are studying Monarch biology at the same time the first ever Monarch “butterflynauts”... 16075903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-12-16T11:32:19-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/12/07/moorefulton_name_decision_comi.html In one corner, you have the Springfield native and boxing legend Davey Moore. In the other, you have one of the founding fathers of public education in Springfield and school namesake of several decades, John Fulton. Who will win in... 15975503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-12-07T16:58:08-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/11/30/greenon_teachers_file_suit.html Greenon teachers have filed request for a writ of mandamus seeking reinstatement for two football coaches who were fired over allegations of harassing players, according to records filed with the Clark County Clerk of Courts. The Greenon Local Schools Board... 15877303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Greenon Local Schools 2009-11-30T11:34:42-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com 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 2009-09-08T00:25:12-05:00 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 2009-09-04T07:03:26-05:00 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 2009-08-25T18:00:20-05:00 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 2009-08-25T12:29:13-05:00 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 2009-08-18T07:14:42-05:00 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 2009-08-10T11:20:39-05:00 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 2009-07-29T16:13:24-05:00 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 2009-07-28T22:20:05-05:00 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 2009-07-28T21:41:37-05:00 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 2009-07-15T15:37:10-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com