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Students at Wright Brothers Elementary head to the bus for a ride home Tuesday December 13, 2022. Schools across the region are still struggling to cover bus routes including Huber Heights schools. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Huber Heights school board to consider redistricting options

$David H. Ponitz Career Technology Center in Dayton. MARSHALL GORBY \ STAFF$

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Ponitz CTC evacuated after chemicals in graduated cylinder found in closet

NEW DETAILS: Teen arrested in Huber Heights stabbing had bloody knife, hands

Alter High School principal Lourdes Lambert will move into a new role next school year as school president. Contributed

Alter HS seeks new principal; Lambert will become Catholic school’s president

Cedarville University installed a statue of its athletic mascot, Stinger, on the plaza between the Scharnberg Business and Communication Center and the Stevens Student Center. Here is the Stinger statue after being installed at Cedarville. Contributed

Cedarville U. to offer online undergraduate programs for first time

Cold, windy weather hit southwest Ohio early Thursday morning, Dec. 5. MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

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School closings already? Cincy closes, Dayton urges kids to bundle up in cold

Teen girl stabbed at Huber Heights park critically injured, 2nd teen in custody

$Emerge Recovery and Trade Initiative located at 2960 W. Enon Road, near Xenia, held a ceremony Friday June 16, 2023. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Trades Institute in Greene County has spots for free plumbing, HVAC training

Students in the first grade class at St. Benedict the Moor elementary school raise their hands in a game just before lunch. Eileen McClory / Staff

West Dayton Catholic school to celebrate 100 years

The Central State University campus on Oct. 24, 2024. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF

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Central State faces struggles as university makes major changes

Beavercreek High School students Ki Radford, left and Hannah Wofford study in the teachers academy classroom Thursday November 21, 2024. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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See how local schools are encouraging high schoolers to look at education field

The 2025-26 FAFSA application for federal student aid is available.

FAFSA college aid application now ready for students, year after awful rollout

Fenwick High School, located on Ohio 122 in Warren County, has named Steve Strathmann as its first president. He starts his new role on Dec. 2. FILE PHOTO

Fenwick High names its first president

A threatening video found on a Kettering Fairmont High School student's phone has prompted a police investigation, according to school district records. NICK BLIZZARD/STAFF

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Threatening video, list of names on Kettering student’s phone sparks police probe

Beavercreek High School student Dylan Robinson studies in the district's new computer science career tech class Thursday November 21, 2024. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Beavercreek opens new IT, cybersecurity career tech program

$Teralee Herl launches a marshmallow from a catapult her and her partner Freata Williams made MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Teaching collaboration, math skills with catapults in Xenia

Trotwood-Madison school board ousts elected member Davis over attendance

The Vandalia-Butler City Schools Board of Education office is located at 500 S. Dixie Drive in Vandalia. AIMEE HANCOCK/STAFF

Vandalia-Butler school board picks athletic director to take over as treasurer

Tecumseh Local School District Board of Education held a meeting on Nov. 19. Brooke Spurlock/Staff

Tecumseh schools’ vote to arm staff delayed to January; issue surprises teachers

Junor Seirobi Sumlin (left) and senior two-way lineman Dillon Allen pack a hefty punch for the Thurgood Marshall High School football team.

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Dayton Public moves forward with discussions on athletic conference

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is the second largest public pension systems in the state.

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State Teacher’s Retirement Board names new temporary leader

$First grade students in Sarah Jacobs math class work on addition and subtraction skills Monday, April 22, 2024 at the Primary Village North school in Centerville. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Ohio bill would increase base teacher salaries to $50K

$Motor Vehicle Inspector, Elvin Cordero, demonstrates Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at Springboro High School all the checks that they preform during a safety inspection on a school bus. Since 2019, there have been 6,145 traffic crashes involving school buses in Ohio. During this time, eight crashes involved fatalities, including one student killed on a school bus. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Updated Ohio bill to provide money, more penalties after tragic school bus crash

Students at Smith Elementary School exit the building after returning to school from the holidays. Because of a rise in COVID-19 cases, all Oakwood student must wear a mask. Jim Noelker/Staff

Oakwood proposes $40 million bond levy to improve elementary schools

Public schools must permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity, according to an Obama administration directive issued amid a court fight between the federal government and North Carolina. BILL LACKEY / STAFF

Ohio legislature restricts transgender bathroom use in schools, universities

In this file photo, Thurgood running back Daryl McCleskey (22) eludes the Trotwood defense. Thurgood Marshall hosted Trotwood-Madison in a high school football game at Welcome Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014. MARC PENDLETON / STAFF

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Dayton Public athletic expansion with Jefferson Twp., Trotwood needs more discussion...

Dayton Public Schools' Summer Bridge Program helps to prepare incoming 9th grade students for high school. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

All Dayton Public teachers now required to understand how kids learn to read

David Lawrence, Dayton Public Schools superintendent, reads to first-graders at Cleveland Elementary on Friday, March 1. Eileen McClory/ Staff

Dayton Public Schools overhauls early reading curriculum as district looks to continue to...