Local Education Stories for January 2013
Stories for Thursday, January 31
Local school officials respond to new funding plan
“It’s nice to know that we’re not going to get cut anymore, but it doesn’t give us back all those millions that were cut in the last two years. There was no mention of making up the cuts we suffered. Also, (Kasich) mentioned making school funding constitutional, but he didn’t ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 30
Meadowdale twins find International Baccalaureate challenging, but rewarding
Twins Trai and Gregg Harris are both participating in a challenging curriculum at Meadowdale High School, called International Baccalaureate.The challenges it provides must be working as the seniors are currently ranked No. 1 and tied for No. 2 in their senior class.International Baccalaureate is an internationally recognized program with a ...
Stories for Sunday, January 27
New online tool reports teacher, school employees’ salaries
A searchable online database of 2012 salary data for every public school employee in Ohio is now available online, thanks to a right-leaning Columbus-based think tank that published the information. Opportunity Ohio also has on its website pay data for employees of Ohio’s 600 public school districts dating back to ...
Stories for Monday, January 21
School districts brace for new funding plan
Gov. John Kasich plans to present his long-promised, long-awaited school funding model at the end of the month but he and his staff members are keeping quiet about details.During the past year, Kasich has hinted at how the state will allocate billions of dollars to Ohio’s 3,900 schools.He has said ...
Stories for Sunday, January 20
Vandalia-Butler talks district finances with residents
Vandalia-Butler City School District officials are considering the possibility of returning to the May 7 ballot after a third- consecutive levy defeat in November.The district will hold a community meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the district’s financial situation and May levy options, spokeswoman Bethany Reiff said.The public will ...
Schools earn national STEM certification
Nine schools in the Miami Valley recently earned certification from Project Lead the Way, a national nonprofit program that provides science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curricula to schools across the country.Oakwood Junior High School, the only non-high school on the local certified list, also was the only junior high/middle ...
Ranking brings school funding model under scrutiny
Ohio recently was ranked 17th in the nation for its school finance, despite the fact that Ohio’s school funding model has been declared unconstitutional three times since 1997.The ranking, coming just weeks before Gov. John Kasich plans to reveal a new school funding model, was part of an Education Week ...
Stories for Saturday, January 12
Private schools top public in average ACT, SAT scores
Local private high school students averaged much higher ACT and SAT scores than their public school counterparts in 2012, according to our study of schools across the Miami Valley, although the top individual scores belonged to public schools. “The old model was to say ‘X’ type of school is better ...
Stories for Friday, January 11
Board votes to table charter school study
The Springboro Board of Education voted 3-2 to table a proposed conversion charter school study Thursday night, after dozens of Springboro parents and community members spoke out against the study and the concept. “I think more people were there to talk about the charter school than the guns,” said Matt ...
Stories for Thursday, January 10
Fairborn school board OKs placing 11.7-mill levy on ballot
The Fairborn Board of Education on Thursday approved placing an 11.7-mill emergency levy on the May 7 ballot, four days before the state places the Greene County school district in “fiscal caution.” The Ohio Department of Education notified the Fairborn City School District this week that it will receive that ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 9
Huber Heights OKs $6.4M in cuts
The Huber Heights Board of Education on Wednesday approved a $6.4 million cost reduction plan that will eliminate 108 staff positions next school year if the May levy fails, but will spare athletics and extracurriculars by significantly increasing pay-to-participate fees. The school board voted 4-1 to approve the cuts, with ...
Chaminade Julienne to begin construction on $4 million STEMM Center
Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School will start construction next week on a nearly $4 million renovation that will turn 11 second-floor classrooms into a new STEMM Center that will open in August. CJ President Dan Meixner announced Wednesday that work at the 505 S. Ludlow St. high school can proceed ...
Stories for Monday, January 7
State ready to take over 2 local school districts
Two local school districts, including one of the largest, are facing state fiscal oversight and taking steps to address deficits that could have one of them unable to make payroll in July. The Ohio Department of Education notified the Fairborn City School District Monday that it will be placed in ...
Stories for Saturday, January 5
Vandalia-Butler considers options for new school structure
The grade configuration of five schools in the Vandalia-Butler City School District could look very different next school year. What is occurring in Vandalia-Butler is another example of the major changes and budget cuts taking place in area school districts that have had trouble getting voters to approve new operating ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 2
Xenia students to return to 5 new schools
Xenia Community City Schools elementary students will resume classes Tuesday, but they won’t be going back to school — they’ll all be attending new schools. The Greene County district built five new elementary schools via a $56 million bond issue passed in 2009. This money also will provide funding to ...
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