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Athens City School Board rejects the city’s proposal to buy a portion of the old West Elementary site for affordable housing
By: David Forster
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(Edit0r’s note: This story was updated to make clear the Athens school district spent $900,000 to demolish West Elementary School, not to demolish the school and convert the site into… Read More

Federal Hocking board abruptly makes senior projects optional after a community survey shows broad dissatisfaction
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The ongoing dispute over the Federal Hocking 100-hour senior project graduation requirement took an unexpected turn after the board voted to make the projects… Read More

Schools face pressure to take harder line on discipline
By: Annie Ma | Ben Finley | AP
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — As kids’ behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches… Read More