MANSFIELD — Sixteen years ago, Mansfield native Winston Greene was preparing to return to his teaching job in Colorado when a phone call from Stan Jefferson changed everything. Greene has been a fixture in Mansfield City Schools ever since. Now the district’s testing coordinator and assessment specialist, Greene spent 20 years in the Aurora, Colorado, […]
Larry Gibbs, Special to Richland Source
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‘Battle of our lifetime,’ says mid-size urban school districts leader
MANSFIELD — The futures of Mansfield City Schools and other mid-size Ohio urban public school districts are at stake in “the battle of our lifetime,” a Mansfield audience of more than 100 was told last week. Administrators and teachers from seven districts gathered at the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center for a meeting of the Ohio […]
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Mansfield engineering students help wheelchair-bound 1st grader
MANSFIELD — The work of two “level-headed, hard-working” engineering students at Mansfield Senior High School is aimed at benefitting a wheelchair-bound boy in the first grade. Seniors Tanner Harless and Andrew White are developing two devices that will allow the boy to activate levers from his wheelchair to strike, kick or bat a ball. The […]
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Water leak ruse got Mansfield Schools maintenance chief to surprise retirement reception
MANSFIELD — Mark Ward grumbled all the way to Malabar Intermediate School Wednesday morning until he walked into the cafeteria and was greeted with a standing ovation by two dozen of his co-workers and friends. Ward, known for one of the greatest senses of humor in Mansfield City Schools, had uncharacteristically grumbled himself into a […]
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Malabar’s medical clinic geared toward student health
MANSFIELD — Malabar Intermediate School is taking an aggressive approach to helping at-risk students – both in school and at home – through creation of a school-based health care clinic. Funded by a four-year state School Quality Improvement Grant, medical care at the clinic and home visits by two community health care workers will be […]
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Knitting by Malabar fourth-graders has a special purpose
MANSFIELD — Stephanie Uhde’s fourth-graders are about to finish their knitting – yes, knitting – and they’re eager to donate the proceeds of their labor to a good cause. Since December, Blake Anthony, owner of the salon in downtown Mansfield that bears his name, has volunteered his time at Malabar Intermediate School once a week […]
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Spanish Immersion School earns dual state honors
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Schools’ Spanish Immersion School is one of only three schools in the state to earn dual recognition as a School of Promise and a High Performing School of Honor for 2017-18 by the Ohio Department of Education. Both honors come on the heels of Spanish Immersion’s designation last fall as a […]
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Gingerbread house contest ends in tie at Mansfield Sr.
MANSFIELD, Ohio — The 11th annual culinary arts gingerbread house competition ended in a tie this week at Mansfield Senior High School. Two lavishly decorated houses, each surrounded by colorful landscape, earned an identical number of first-place votes cast by Senior High faculty and staff. Eleven houses were on display in the Cub Room during […]