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    High cost to maintain Van Buren Middle School cited as main reason for closure
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    New Lebanon weightlifting class honors soldiers through workouts
    Shannon Gardner votes at the Clark County Heritage Center on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF
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    Local races, tax issues results could change as ballots trickle in at local elections...
    Voters sign in at a polling location at New Season Ministry on Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Huber Heights. Poll workers said at around 11 a.m. turnout was slightly lower than normal compared to similar cycles. Huber Heights voters did not have many contested races and decided on one issue, a renewal Montgomery County property tax. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    Springboro voters approve school tax request, Franklin, Jefferson Twp. voters reject...
    A voter makes selections at a digital machine at a polling location at New Season Ministry on Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Huber Heights. Poll workers said at around 11 a.m. turnout was slightly lower than normal compared to similar cycles. Huber Heights voters did not have many contested races and decided on one issue, a renewal Montgomery County property tax. BRYANT BILLING/STAFF
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    3 incumbents, one new challenger win Dayton Public school board seats
    Amber Bowling, a food and nutrition worker, grabs cups of cheese sauce to put out for children to eat on Friday, Aug. 1 during a summer lunch program at Greenmont Elementary School in Kettering. Kettering City Schools organized the summer lunch program, which ran from June 2 to Friday. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Centerville organizes food drive for families during government shutdown
    Sinclair Community College Senior Vice President Jeffery Millern (right) talks on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at Ned J. Sifferlen Health Sciences Center as Sinclair President Steven Johnson (left) holds the model of an aircraft the college is purchasing. The aircraft is expected to be delivered in early 2026. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Sinclair named as local lead for new Ohio career technical pathways program
    Beavercreek City Schools superintendent Paul Otten speaks during a ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 1 in the parking lot of Beavercreek High School. The ceremony was in recognition of Ferguson Land Lab being added to Old Growth Forest Network. The forest is located east of the school. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Beavercreek superintendent named Ohio superintendent of the year
    Amanda Spirk, a PLTW biomedical sciences teacher at Fairborn High School, helps student Abby Gumbert with an assignment during a class on Wednesday, Oct. 15. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Fairborn high school classes teach health care exploration, encourage in-demand field
    The Dayton Peace Sign designed by Real Art. The piece was presented at RiverScape MetroPark before the 2025 NATO Parliamentary Assembly and moved to the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center shortly after. DION JOHNSON/STAFF
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    All Dayton Public Schools elementary students to have access to art experiences
    Tipp City Schools held a groundbreaking celebration on Friday, Oct. 17 for its new prekindergarten through eighth grade school, which is being constructed on North Hyatt Street on land between the existing Tippecanoe Middle School and L.T. Ball Intermediate School. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Tipp schools start construction on new PreK-grade 8 building
    Dr. Chrisondra Goodwine, candidate for Dayton School Board in the November 2025 election.
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    Dayton teachers vote no confidence in board president
    Northmont superintendent Tony Thomas (right) has been awarded the 2023 Buckeye Association of School Administrators Exemplary Leadership Award. CONTRIBUTED
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    Northmont superintendent announces retirement at end of the year
    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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    Ohio public unions organize against what they see as state overreach on pensions
    Employees from the Montgomery County Probatation Office speak to students during a career fair Wednesday, Oct. 8. Eileen McClory/ staff
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    Careers of the future: Dayton Public sophomores learn what’s ahead for them
    Voter turnout in Montgomery, Greene, Warren and Miami Counties for the May 6 primary electios have been low so far. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    7 people running for Dayton school board for 4 seats
    Most Reverend Robert G. Casey, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, has been named as the 11th archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. CONTRIBUTED
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    Cincinnati Archdiocese reverses course; will allow Girl Scouts to meet in Catholic...
    Inside the Jefferson Twp. schools high school and middle school Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.  MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF
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    Jefferson Twp. Schools seek 1% income tax; state takeover possible, officials say
    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...
    Sean and Natasha Banerjee pose in their lab. The two Wright State University professors recently received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study small-scale manufacturing and recycling. Courtesy of Wright State University.
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    Husband, wife engineers land $3M federal grant for Wright State to study scrap metal...
    Students walk toward Cline Elementary School after exiting a school bus on Wednesday, Aug. 12 in Centerville. Centerville got a 5-star rating on the latest round of report cards for the 2024-2025 school year. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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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. A battle is under way for the future of Ohio’s $94 billion teacher pension fund, as would-be reformers’ attempts to deliver long-promised benefits to retirees with the help of an aggressive investment firm touting an untested AI-driven trading strategy face intense scrutiny. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)
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    State action to remove some voted members of STRS board paused for now
    Dayton International School students prepare their assignments for their teacher. While Dayton Public Schools saw some significant academic improvements over last year, Dayton performed worse overall and on multiple indicators compared to the “Ohio 8,” or the eight urban districts. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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    Multiple area school districts improve, others fall on state report cards
    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
    Wright State students walk on campus on Tuesday, Aug. 26. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Increasing mental health counseling help in region goal of WSU initiative
    Bellbrook High School students take AP computer science class in March 2022 with teacher Rob Schultz. FILE
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    Ohio Report Card: Here’s the state ratings for local school districts
    The MVCTC serves students from multiple counties, including parts of Miami and Montgomery counties. JIM NOELKER/STAFF
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    Local career tech center adds AI to the curriculum this year
    Laney Bottemiller (left) stands in front of a plane during Flight Academy training at Iowa Lakes Community College this past summer. Courtesy of Laney Bottemiller.
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    Bellbrook student plans to become fighter pilot after scholarship to prestigious Flight...
    An update from the Ohio Auditor of State shows Springboro Schools was performing much better financially than what the state had previously reported. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/SPRINGBORO SCHOOLS
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    Update to auditor’s report shows Springboro Schools in good position
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