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Athens Elementary Schools Develop Plans For Struggling Readers
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With the fall Ohio Achievement Assessment results in, officials at the Athens City School District have identified 60 third graders who failed to hit the cut-off score for the reading portion of the test. How well the students do on that section when they take it again in the spring will be key in determining… Read More
Role Of Principal Changing Under New Teacher Evaluation System
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With the implementation of the new Ohio Teacher Evaluation System, the role of the principal has changed. The new system has stressed out some teachers and overwhelmed some principals. Still, others say it’s an opportunity to shine a light on good teachers. The new evaluation system, implemented for the first time this school year, requires… Read More
Commissioners Seek Public Comment On Two Liquor Permits
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Athens County Commissioners are seeking public comment on two requests for a liquor permit, one for Kiser’s Barbeque at Eclipse in The Plains and the other for Elm Golf Course near Albany. Although they’ve already requested a public hearing for Kiser’s permit from the state Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control, the commissioners voted… Read More
26th Annual Santa Tree Project Provides Gifts for 1,400 Children
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On Friday morning, Robin Webb, of Athens County Children Services, weaved her way into a room filled with green and red plastic bags. All 400 of them, some stacked nearly as high as the ceiling, awaited pick-up from area families in need. The Santa Tree project, now in its 26th year, is coordinated by the… Read More
WWII Vet Gets his Dying Wish, His High School Diploma
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When Charles Williams was discharged from the navy in 1943, he had one goal — to earn his high school diploma. Thanks to the efforts of his daughter and a social worker, he got his wish just weeks before he died. Williams, who was born in Athens and attended Glouster High School, died on Dec…. Read More
Former Principal Challenges Community To Extend Tomcat Pride Beyond Athletics
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At a packed school board meeting Tuesday night in the Trimble High School cafeteria, where community members gathered to recognize the student achievements from the past few months, Debbie Koons stepped to the podium to share her amazement at the amount of support for the school’s athletics, particularly the football team. She also issued a… Read More
Hocking College Asks State For $6 Million
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Hocking College is hoping to secure about $6 million of the state’s capital budget for several projects, including the funds to transform the Inn at Hocking College into a business training center. Members of the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission, the entity that offers recommendations to the legislature on the distribution of the state’s share… Read More
Colleagues, Former Students Remember Nelsonville-York Band Director
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When Mary Jane McKinley was told in the 1940s that she couldn’t become a band director because she was a woman, she didn’t let that stop her. Instead, she enlisted the help of two Ohio University professors who “championed” her cause, as she once put it, and who voluntarily provided her with the instruction she… Read More
Four-Time State Fair Grand Champion Wins Athens’ Inaugural Gingerbread Competition
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The key to the perfect gingerbread structure is patience, says Nancy Mingus, winner of Athens’ inaugural holiday gingerbread-building contest. The winners were announced Wednesday night. Mingus walked away with $600 after winning first-place in the professional category ($100) and then snagging the grand prize ($500) for the most accurate depiction of a county historic structure…. Read More
Trimble Schools Start Pen Pal Project As Bully-Prevention Initiative
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As part of a broader anti-bullying initiative within Trimble Local Schools, three teachers have started a pen pal project between the high school in Glouster and elementary school in Jacksonville. Through the process of matching high schoolers with fifth graders, the teachers hope the experience instills a better understanding of the negative impacts of bullying… Read More
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