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Youth football team keeps growing and winning
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A local youth football team returned home from Canton this past weekend with a winning trophy. Not only did the Youngstown Little Bears team bring home the trophy for the D1 East Coast Spring Football National Championship, they also had a great time doing it.
Akron teachers' union accuses school district of 'union-busting'
The Akron Education Association sent a cease and desist letter to Akron Public Schools over accusations of replacing union jobs with non-union ones. The alleged "union-busting" is over the 55 positions that AEA teachers have filled at the district's central office. Those teachers were all reassigned to classroom teaching jobs ahead of next school year. But the union is alleging the district is hiring new people outside of union coverage to do the work those teachers...
Medina school board votes to send emergency levy to ballot
MEDINA, Ohio – For the third time in a row, the Medina Board of Education is asking voters to approve an operating levy for the Medina City School District. Board members voted during a recent meeting to place the 10-year, 7.5-mill emergency operating levy on the November ballot. “Basically...
Canton City School District gets state funding to upgrade crossings and sidewalks
Canton City Schools will receive $500,000 as part of the Ohio Department of Transportation's Safe Routes to School program, which focuses on the safety of children who walk or bike to school. The project will upgrade signs, flashers, crosswalks and sidewalks surrounding Crenshaw Middle School and Gibbs and Youtz elementary schools for 2027. ...
Education experts explore the impact of expanded private vouchers in Ohio
Last week, Akron Public Schools became the latest district to join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Ohio’s EdChoice private voucher program. The Akron school board voted 5 to 1 to join the lawsuit that includes dozens of districts from across the state. The EdChoice voucher program is not...
Letter to the editor: Public schools shouldn't teach religion
With the news about Oklahoma requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools, I offer my humble opinion. No more separation of church and state. Everyone has their own opinion on this and everything in life, I am sure. My problem is whose bible and what is being taught. This is not a Christian, Jewish, Muslim or any other one-religion nation. The forefathers wrote all men are created equal, which they were before they wrote it.
Medina School District joins consortium to lobby for fair state funding
MEDINA, Ohio -- In an effort to lessen the burden on local taxpayers and to hopefully increase the amount of state funding the district receives, Medina City Schools has joined a consortium of roughly 50 Ohio school districts to lobby for more equitable education funding. “If you look at the...
Coventry Schools to place renewal levy on November ballot
COVENTRY — The Coventry Local Schools Board of Education during a regular meeting June 19 moved forward with the first step in placing a renewal levy on the Nov. 5 General Election ballot. The board approved to submit a resolution to the Summit County Fiscal Office to request the...
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