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Hocking College Increases Tuition
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Full-time students at Hocking College will be paying an additional $99 a year in tuition starting next academic year, the college’s governing board decided Tuesday. The resolution passed unanimously. The… Read More
Teachers Say New Education Standards Challenge Students
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A new set of curriculum standards for math and English called the Common Core State Standards will be in place in all Ohio schools by the start of the next… Read More
N-Y Schools Hit Hardest by Federal Sequester
By: Arian Smedley | Athens Messenger, Marika Lee | The Logan Daily News
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The automatic federal spending cuts from the financial sequester are expected to hit schools statewide at the start of the school year. While the impact won’t be as bad as… Read More
Federal Sequester Cuts Into Local Schools’ Budgets, N-Y Hit The Hardest
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The automatic federal spending cuts from the financial sequester are expected to hit schools statewide at the start of the school year. While the impact won’t be as bad as… Read More
Camp Educates Children On Watershed System
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On the beach at Burr Oak Lake, a handful of children splashed around in the water under the watchful eye of camp counselors. A few others built structures in the… Read More
Fed Hock Gets Interim Superintendent For July
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For the month of July, Rick Edwards will serve as the interim superintendent for Federal Hocking Local Schools. The school board approved the change during a special meeting on Friday…. Read More
Innovation Ohio Says Many Schools Not Seeing Increases In State Budget
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In a news release last week, State Senator Tim Schaffer, R–Lancaster, announced Ohio schools will see a boost of over $700 million in funding over the next two years as… Read More
Trimble Local Schools To Put Five-Year Levy On Ballot
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After two failed attempts to pass a 5-mill permanent improvement levy, Trimble school board officials passed the first of two resolutions Tuesday to put the levy back on the ballot… Read More
OU Students Win National Engineering Competition
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For their senior capstone class, four engineering students at Ohio University developed a contraption called the EZ Squeeze that not only increases productivity for workers with disabilities, it also won… Read More
OU’s College Of Education Rates Poorly In Report
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The teacher preparation program at Ohio University scored poorly in a new report prepared by a national teacher quality group, but the college dean says the methodology is flawed. The… Read More
Group Looking For More Volunteers To Help Repaint Town
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The Glouster Volunteers will once again be working with the students of Skills USA to repaint the town, but the group needs something to make it happen — more volunteers…. Read More
Coalition Says Senate Budget Plan Does Little For Appalachian Schools
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As the saying goes, the third time’s a charm. But that’s not the case for the proposed state budget, at least according to the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools… Read More
Athens City Schools In Deficit But Paying Bills
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Even while Athens City Schools still experiences savings from closing Chauncey Elementary School last year, the district faces deficit spending. While that’s not ideal, the district is expected to have… Read More
Athens City Schools To Get New Associate Superintendent
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Athens City Schools’ new associate superintendent says he’s looking forward to working a little closer to East Elementary, where his daughter has been enrolled for two years. On Aug. 1,… Read More
Alexander Schools Budget In The Black For At Least A Few Years
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Due to wise spending, cost cutting and just plain luck, Alexander Local Schools expects to remain in the black for the next few years. But, a district can only control… Read More
State Senator Vows To Fight For Local Government Budget Amendment
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In the latest version of Gov. John Kasich’s proposed budget, an amendment that would have funneled more money to local municipalities was not included, but the state senator who proposed… Read More
Athens 911 Director Resigns
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Athens County’s 911 director Scott Warner has resigned effective Tuesday. He submitted his formal letter Tuesday afternoon after Athens County Commissioners accepted his resignation in the morning. Warner could not… Read More
Head Start Sees Setbacks
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At the center-based Head Start program, children and their guardians celebrated the end of their school year on the back patio. Little ones posed with their rolled-up paper diplomas as… Read More
Community Members React To Failure Of Trimble Schools Levy
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The day after the Trimble Local School District’s school levy failed, community members shared their reasons for supporting or opposing the issue. Despite their differences, several agreed on one thing… Read More
Voters Reject Trimble School Levy
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For the second time in six months, voters in the Trimble Local School District have rejected a proposed 5-mill permanent improvement levy. The levy failed by a mere 16 votes…. Read More