February 27, 2008
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K-12 Education
School board will interview all 14 hopefuls
Toledo Board of Education members last night decided they want to hear from all 14 people interested in joining the board.
February 22, 2008
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K-12 Education
100 aim to better math, science education
Improving science and math education will help students have successful careers and benefit the regional economy, but the community will need to work together to achieve it, education leaders said.
February 20, 2008
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K-12 Education
Area schools find beef from U.S. recall list
Local school districts have been checking their kitchens for meat that's part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-ordered recall of 143 million pounds of beef and more than a dozen so far have reported having some.
February 20, 2008
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K-12 Education
Perrysburg schools name maintenance supervisor
The Perrysburg Board of Education last night hired Arnold Lewandowsky to fill the new position of maintenance supervisor.
February 16, 2008
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K-12 Education
Toledo Catholic Diocese to shut 2 central-city grade schools this year
The Catholic Diocese of Toledo announced yesterday it will close two elementary schools at the end of the school year, affecting 314 students and 82 staff members. St. Charles, 1850 Airport Hwy., and Pope John Paul II, 3217 Warsaw St., will close in June, leaving two Catholic elementary schools in the Central City Ministries of Toledo.
February 16, 2008
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K-12 Education
Perrysburg High grad donates $500,000 for turf for stadium
A Perrysburg financial services executive has donated $500,000 to Perrysburg schools that will be used for the installation of artificial turf at the district's Steinecker Stadium, the school district announced.
February 14, 2008
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K-12 Education
5 express interest in board vacancy
The Toledo Board of Education is seeking applications to replace Robert Torres and at least five people have already expressed interest.
February 13, 2008
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K-12 Education
TPS board outlines procedure to replace Torres
The Toledo Board of Education decided Wednesday morning to seek applications and conduct public interviews to select a replacement for board vice president Robert Torres.
February 12, 2008
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K-12 Education
Michigan considers plan to allow some a 5th year of high school
LANSING, Mich. — A small percentage of Michigan high school students would get a fifth year to graduate without penalizing their schools under a plan unanimously advanced Tuesday by the State Board of Education.
February 12, 2008
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K-12 Education
Strickland defends his education reform plan
COLUMBUS - Gov. Ted Strickland yesterday defended his plan to take greater control of the state's schools, despite threats that state Board of Education members planned to condemn it a day later.
February 11, 2008
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K-12 Education
Torres resigns school board post and plans move to Canton
Robert Torres, the vice president of the Toledo Board of Education, announced Monday he is resigning that position and is leaving his job with the city’s department of development.
February 11, 2008
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K-12 Education
KAPTUR HONORS STUDENT ARTISTS
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) congratulates Jason Kolbicz, of Whitmer High, winner of the annual Congressional Art Competition for high school students in the 9th District.
February 11, 2008
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K-12 Education
Strickland's school plan criticized
COLUMBUS - Some education leaders say Gov. Ted Strickland's plan to expand his control over education policy by creating a cabinet-level education director would politicize Ohio's public schools.
February 9, 2008
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K-12 Education
Washington Local school board chooses ex-member to fill vacancy
A former Washington Local Board of Education member was sworn in yesterday to fill a board vacancy created after Lisa Canales' election failed to get certification.
February 7, 2008
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K-12 Education
Trio on TPS board won't face lawsuit
A lawsuit contending that three members of the Toledo Board of Education violated the state's open-meetings law when forming a coalition in 2006 has been withdrawn.
February 5, 2008
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K-12 Education
Maumee board OKs pact with teachers
The Maumee Board of Education last night adopted a new contract with its teachers by a vote of 4-1.
February 3, 2008
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K-12 Education
MATHCOUNTS winner is St. John’s academy
St. John’s Jesuit Academy finished first yesterday in the Toledo Area MATHCOUNTS competion, held at the University of Toledo’s Nitschke Auditorium.
February 2, 2008
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K-12 Education
Southview High team wins area mock trial meet
Complete with courtroom objections and witnesses under oath, students from three area high schools faced off in Toledo Municipal Court yesterday for an area mock trial competition.
February 1, 2008
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K-12 Education
Maumee teachers approve 3-year pact by big margin
Maumee teachers overwhelmingly approved a new three-year agreement that gives them a 3 percent wage increase this year and next and calls for a reopening of wage negotiations for 2010.
January 31, 2008
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K-12 Education
Maumee teachers approve new contract
Teachers in the Maumee City Schools overwhelmingly approved a new three-year agreement that gives them a 3 percent wage increase this year and next and calls for a reopening of wage negotiations for 2010.
January 30, 2008
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K-12 Education
Christian school in Bowling Green plans expansion
BOWLING GREEN - A small but growing Christian school has plans to expand into a preschool, high school, and youth center.
January 30, 2008
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K-12 Education
Toledo schools levy campaign kicks off
Toledo Public Schools is throwing a party today to celebrate its accomplishments and to ask for continued community support for its programs.
January 25, 2008
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K-12 Education
Whitmer names center after former district chief
Whitmer High School's new fitness center will be named in honor of former Washington Local Schools Superintendent Michael Carmean.
January 24, 2008
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K-12 Education
TPS board adjourns after 5 minutes
The Toledo Board of Education had one of its shortest meetings yesterday morning after members couldn't agree to discuss negotiation strategies.
January 22, 2008
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K-12 Education
Fifth Third gives $25,000 to minority scholar fund
Fifth Third Bank has given $25,000 to St. John's Jesuit High School to help academically talented minority students attend the school.
January 21, 2008
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K-12 Education
A NEW START FOR STUDENTS IN WEST TOLEDO
Site coordinator Chuck Hoffmann rolls a load of desks into a classroom at the new Start High School on Tremainsville Road.
January 19, 2008
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K-12 Education
Canales officially off Washington school board
The Washington Local Board of Education yesterday declared that the seat of its former president, Lisa Canales, is vacant and is seeking a replacement.
January 18, 2008
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K-12 Education
School board in Oregon trims budget by $97,000
The Oregon Board of Education last night approved about $97,000 in cuts effective Feb. 1 and is looking to cut $1.2 million more from the district operating budget for the 2008-09 school year, board President Eric Heintschel said.
January 18, 2008
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K-12 Education
Northwood OKs advisory list on school cutbacks
The Northwood Local Board of Education last night unanimously approved budget cut recommendations made by Superintendent Greg Clark, which could result in the closing of Lark Elementary School on West Andrus Road and the layoff of at least eight people.
January 16, 2008
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K-12 Education
Northwood schools face proposed budget cuts
The fate of a school and several people's jobs may be at stake for Northwood Local Schools in March if the school board, which meets at 8 tomorrow night, approves budget cut recommendations made by Superintendent Greg Clark.
January 14, 2008
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K-12 Education
Northwood school board to vote on cuts
Northwood Local school officials must decide this week how the district is going to save money in 2008 in the aftermath of two failed school levies last year.
January 13, 2008
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K-12 Education
Student writers spell out claims to word wizardry
With punch and pizzazz, with coolness and confidence, the region's best young writers yesterday flexed their mental muscles at a competition where words snapped, crackled, and popped.
January 12, 2008
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K-12 Education
School agency to close; 140 workers to lose jobs
FREMONT - The Sandusky County Educational Service Center has told its employees it will close its doors at the end of this school year.
January 10, 2008
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K-12 Education
14,500 Toledo Public students were poor in '05
The U.S. Census Bureau yesterday released data of 2005 poverty estimates that showed about 14,500 students in Toledo Public Schools were poor.
January 10, 2008
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K-12 Education
Pickett plans 'summit' for its parents
Parents of Pickett Elementary School students will have more than 55 community organizations available to them tonight to answer questions and offer solutions to family problems.
January 8, 2008
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K-12 Education
Toledo web site is sued by a principal
The principal of Leverette Junior High School filed a complaint in Lucas County Common Pleas Court yesterday demanding information about a Web site that he claims has been posting items that are "false and defamatory."
January 5, 2008
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K-12 Education
Washington Local board to be led by Erme, Zuber
The Washington Local Board of Education will be led this year by Frank Erme, who has been selected to serve as president for the third time.
January 3, 2008
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K-12 Education
Students' T-shirts to support Maumee teachers
Maumee High School senior Nathaniel Mosher wanted one of the red "Teachers Deserve a Fair Contract" shirts unionized educators began wearing on Fridays a few weeks ago.
January 3, 2008
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K-12 Education
Mentoring helps Ohio keep more starting teachers
CLEVELAND - Veteran teachers who mentor classroom rookies have helped Ohio sharply trim the number of new teachers who quit the profession after just a few years, according to the Ohio Department of Education.
December 29, 2007
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K-12 Education
Toledo school leaders hope to boost awareness by collecting diversity stats
Toledo Public Schools is checking into the diversity practices of the financial institutions with which it invests to look for ways to expand minorities' and women's participation in district business.
December 28, 2007
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K-12 Education
Junior at Clay High gets a college degree
Kaitlyn DeSelms is a 16-year-old college graduate who still has a year and a half of high school left.
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