MANSFIELD — A divided Mansfield City School Board of Education Tuesday approved ending several administrative contracts in less than a week. With a 3-2 vote, the board suspended several administrative contracts, effective March 31, citing the district’s financial situation. During the same meeting, the board unanimously abolished 62 non-administrative positions (equivalent to 57 full-time positions) across […]
Katie Ellington Serrao
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Funding the future: How MCS found its way into — and out of — fiscal oversight
Today continues a five-part series called “Funding the Future,” which examines the financial picture of the Mansfield City Schools. Here is how the series will unfold. Stories will publish each day at 10 a.m.: Monday: An overview with the recent financial history in the districtTuesday: How MCS found its way into — and out of […]
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Mansfield City School board may vote to eliminate more than 60 positions today
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield City School board is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution that abolishes more than 60 positions through a reduction in force. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Raemelton Administration Building at 856 W. Cook Road. The staffing cuts come after the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce recently […]
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Mansfield’s Andrea Murphy wins presidential teaching award for project-based learning
MANSFIELD — Andrea Murphy tells her students when the school year starts that it’s not her job to teach them. It’s her job to create an environment where they can learn. A third-grade teacher at Malabar Intermediate School, Murphy said an emphasis on hands-on learning over lectures and bookwork leads to more engaged and confident students. […]
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Funding the future: A 5-part probe begins into Mansfield City School finances
Today begins a five-part series called “Funding the Future,” which examines the financial picture of the Mansfield City Schools. Here is how the series will unfold. Stories will publish each day at 10 a.m.: Monday: An overview with the recent financial history in the district.Tuesday: How MCS found its way into — and out of […]
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MANCI & RiCI art show returns to Ohio State Reformatory
MANSFIELD — The Ohio State Reformatory is hosting a pop up art gallery this weekend in collaboration with two local prisons. The show features paintings, drawings, jewelry and other items made by people incarcerated at Richland Correctional Institution and Mansfield Correctional Institution. Chris Swanson, recreation director at RiCI, said the art show had been an […]
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Madison teachers union hits 230 days working without contract
MADISON — The echoes of chanting teachers reverberated through cafeteria and hallways of Madison Middle School on Wednesday night. Negotiations between Madison Local Schools and its teachers union, the Madison Local Education Association, have reached a standstill. Members of the MLEA showed up to Wednesday’s board meeting in red t-shirts, holding signs and leading chants before […]
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Milliron Foundation donates $200k for new turf at Ram Field
MANSFIELD — Madison’s Startek Stadium could have a new turf football field by the 2026 season opener, thanks in part to the legacy of an alumnus. Madison Supt. Rob Peterson announced Wednesday the Milliron Foundation has donated $200,000 to the turf replacement project. The foundation carries on the legacy of Grant Milliron, a local businessman […]
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Madison board of education votes to approve stipend for wrestling coach
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Junior Jaxin Stancombe knows his wrestling coach would give him the shirt off his back if he needed it. He literally has. Stancombe wore that gray t-shirt, given to him by head varsity wrestling coach Bryan Mosier, when he spoke at a school board meeting Wednesday night. “This shirt I’m wearing currently was […]
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Madison Middle School to get accessible playground equipment through service learning grant
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Amy O’Connell saw the Madison Middle School playground and knew something needed to change. O’Connell is a teacher in the cross-categorical special needs classroom at Madison High School. Once a week, she and her students walk down to the middle school for time on playground. That’s when she noticed the playground didn’t have […]