Education

MANSFIELD — Alec Schmitz has been a businessman for four years … and he’s only 16. At 12, he started mowing yards — first his family’s, then his neighbor’s. “(The business) just took off like crazy,” he said. He now has 25 weekly lawn-care accounts that he manages for his business, A to Z Lawn […]

MANSFIELD — Dina Davis announced her resignation Tuesday afternoon, effective June 8, from the Mansfield City Schools Board of Education — “solely for the reason that I can spend more time with my family.” “My father died a year and a half ago and since then I have struggled to balance my time with my […]

MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Schools’ 2 ½-year odyssey through fiscal emergency – a process triggered by the defeat of a renewal levy in November 2012 – is nearing its conclusion. Still, district treasurer Robert Kuehnle emphasizes that voter support next year will be key to maintaining financial stability. The four-member Financial Planning and Supervision Commission, […]

MANSFIELD — Ohio State Mansfield Board members are doctors, lawyers and upper-level managers in well-known local companies and non-profits. But they all have one thing in common; a vested interest in making the community a better place to live by strengthening higher education. The Mansfield Board recently participated in LeaderRichland, a three-day event that brings […]

MANSFIELD – America Walks, a national advocacy organization that promotes walking and walkable communities, announced this week that Ashton Grigley, a Health Educator at Richland Public Health, has been awarded a Walking College Fellowship. The Fellowship will enable Grigley and 24 other advocates from around the country to participate in a four-month training program designed […]

LEXINGTON — Rachel Weilbacker knows the value of hard work, and others are recognizing that trait in her. After pouring hours into her fashion designs, she garnered several prestigious awards, but was also accepted into Parsons School of Design in New York City. Parsons is known for its fashion design program and has educated some […]

MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Schools teacher Todd Hoovler and UMADAOP (Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program) mentor Isaac David are partnering to offer a work readiness program for young men ages 16-19. The Student Achievement Leadership Training Summer Program is meant to help participants gain job skills and leadership training while exposing them […]