LUCAS — Lucas Schools are hiring teachers and handling scheduling chores while the district seeks a new superintendent. Linda T. Keller, interim superintendent, is in charge of the Mid Ohio Educational Service Center’s search committee to replace Dan Freund, who resigned last month to take a job at Highland Local Schools. Freund, 68, was the superintendent […]
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OSU-Mansfield presents Check, Please
MANSFIELD — The Ohio State University at Mansfield Summer Theater Program presents Check, Please, a comedy by Jonathan Rand. Two people hope for the best but suffer through the worst as they struggle through blind dates with a kleptomaniac, a pirate, an extreme thrill-seeker, a psychic, a mime, and many even more outrageous suitors. Are […]
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NC State welcomes 2 new administrators
MANSFIELD –Two key employees joined North Central State College on July 5. David Murray has been hired as the Dean of the Liberal Arts Division and Christine Copper was named Executive Director of the North Central State College Foundation. Before joining North Central State College, Murray worked as a Professor of Art at Black Hawk […]
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Shelby Middle School welcomes McFarland as Assistant Principal
SHELBY – More administrative changes are coming to Shelby Middle School this fall with the hiring of a new assistant principal. The Shelby Board of Education unanimously approved Andrew McFarland as the new assistant principal at Shelby Middle School in a special Board of Education meeting on Thursday. McFarland joins the staff on a three-year […]
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Mansfield Board of Education sets new pay-scale for administrators
MANSFIELD — The Mansfield City Schools Board of Education approved a new pay scale for administrators on Wednesday night, financed in large part by a change in health-care plans. Board treasurer Robert Kuehnle said the first raise in eight years affects 36 non-union personnel at a total $242,000. He added that $170,000 of that funding […]
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Teachers have July 14 deadline to apply for Richland County Foundation grants
MANSFIELD — Local educators are invited to submit grant applications to the Richland County Foundation. Teacher Assistance Program (TAP) grants of up to $1,500 each are selected by a community committee for classroom projects not covered by school funding. The grants are given to K-12 teachers in public or private Richland County schools to encourage […]
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Madison students tour Costa Rica on Spanish trip
MADISON TOWNSHIP — Just a few weeks into summer, Madison Comprehensive High School teacher Laura Phillips was reunited with her Spanish students — only this time they met in an airport not a classroom. On June 13, Phillips, along with parent chaperone Susan Eckenwiler, led a group of six students on a nine-day trip throughout […]
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Shelby BOE, police department ponder school resource officer
SHELBY — Students at Shelby City Schools may have a police officer in their midst this school year – but not in the style of “21 Jump Street.” Pending approval from the board of education, the Shelby Police Department plans to implement a school resource officer (SRO) focusing mainly on the middle school and high […]
