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19 Cadets to Graduate from Ohio Fire Academy on July 26
July 24, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Commerce: Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio Fire Academy (OFA) announces its second graduating class of 2024, which consists of 19 cadets from across the region. Members of this graduating class represent a wide range of backgrounds and diverse experiences. Fourteen members of this class are from Ohio, four are from Pennsylvania, and one is from Michigan.
Ohio extends back-to-school sales tax holiday from 3 days to 10
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) – With the new school year and Ohio's annual tax holiday coming up toward the beginning of August, everyone is gearing up for some back-to-school shopping. When it comes to shopping for things like clothes, pencils, and folders, the last thing you want is stress. During...
Granville school district science teachers pave the way for environmental education
Dustin Grime is no stranger to showing kids how exciting science can be. From building model rockets and engineering toothpick bridges to analyzing microorganisms under a microscope, the sixth-grade science teacher at Granville Intermediate School said teaching “is more about facilitating experiences” for his students. Last year, Grime...
Ohio teacher receives Presidential Award for environmental teaching
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, announced the 2024 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators and the President’s Environmental Youth Award. In Ohio, Shari Insley from Pine Intermediate School in North Olmstead was awarded...
Chronic absentee rates double in most school districts post-pandemic
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Chronic absenteeism in most Ohio school districts has doubled since before the pandemic, with school officials struggling to find ways to get students back into schools. Marietta City Schools Superintendent Brad Silvus said COVID hurt schools more than many people realize. “Once the pandemic happened,...
Pickerington City News | August/September 2024
With students returning to the classroom, the Pickerington Police Department has some important reminders about safety, particularly when it comes to school buses and the areas around them. School bus traffic laws vary depending on the size of the road. Two-Lane Roads. For two-lane roads, all traffic must stop for...
Pickerington Schools News | August/September 2024
MaryAnn Miller’s tenure since joining Pickerington Schools in 2000 as a reading specialist has been transformative, not only for herself but also for the numerous English Learning students and families she has influenced. Her journey began at Tussing Elementary, where within her initial three weeks, she was entrusted with...
State Awards Tolles $600K To Renovate Cybersecurity Lab
PLAIN CITY – When Gov. Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s capital budget in late June, Tolles Career and Technical Center was among the benefactors. The school, which serves students in seven area school districts, was awarded $600,000 specifically to assist in renovating its cybersecurity lab. “The cybersecurity program is...
A year after expansion, criticism, praise for Ohio's EdChoice vouchers
Critics say Ohio’s expanded school voucher program is draining funds from public schools, while proponents argue that parents should be able to decide who educates their children. Ohio’s EdChoice Scholarship program was enacted in 2005 to help students from low-income families and those in underperforming districts afford tuition at private schools. It was expanded in 2023, raising the income levels and dropping the requirement that a school district be underperforming. In a class-action lawsuit filed in January, 2022, a handful of public school students, 200-plus districts, and the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding argued the EdChoice program violates the state constitution’s mandate for a single public system of education. The Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit claims taxpayer-funded private school vouchers are draining hundreds of millions of dollars from Ohio’s constitutionally required public education system — though they started out as a way to help lower-income families escape failing schools.
Granville teen to attend world-renowned Interlochen Arts Camp
Grey Everett Smith, 16, of Granville, Ohio will attend Interlochen Arts Camp, the nation’s premier summer arts program for aspiring artists in grades 3-12, this summer. Smith, the son of Kirk Richard Smith and Emily Hughes Smith will study Filmmaking at Interlochen. He was granted a $1,000 merit scholarship the summer program. Most...
Ohio high school girls volleyball: Key dates for the 2024 season
The high school girls volleyball season is right around the corner with the start of official practices less than a week away. It will be a new era in Ohio high school volleyball with the recent division expansion set to take place during the 2024-25 school year. Instead of four divisions, Ohio high school volleyball will now feature seven divisions during postseason play. Last year was the end of the four division era as the Ohio...
Vaccination rates in Ohio kindergarteners drop, sparking concern in health experts
Ohio's youngest school children remain under-vaccinated in 2024, a trend whose persistence since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic both state and nationwide has health experts concerned. Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said in a Tuesday press conference that the percentage of reported Ohio kindergartners that met...
Ignite Reading certified as 'high-quality tutoring program' in Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Ignite Reading has been approved as a "high-quality tutoring program" in Ohio as the state works to improve literacy rates that have been suffering since the COVID-19 pandemic. It gives students virtual one-on-one tutoring daily to help them in areas of reading they struggle with. Ohio...
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