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.
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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 […]
Letter to the Editor: Mansfield City Schools staff cuts should’ve been discussed in public
As a retired Mansfield City school teacher, administrator and school board member, I am concerned and saddened by the Board’s decisions in some of their cuts to staff, programs, and departments. I feel that discussions concerning the cuts should have been open to the public. It was stated that all stakeholders would be a part […]
Mansfield Rising’s Ideas of March: Increasing accessibility to school transportation
Welcome to the Ideas of March. Over the next couple of weeks, the Source has partnered with Mansfield Rising and the Richland County Foundation to introduce 9 new ideas for a better Mansfield and Richland County. Each day will bring a new idea and a new opportunity. Tell us what you think of this idea […]
Mansfield school union leader hopes to finalize RIFs by Easter
MANSFIELD — No one enjoys a reduction in force, but if there has to be one, getting through it quickly is the best case scenario. The Mansfield City School board voted Tuesday to approve the first resolution needed to enact a reduction in force ahead of the 2025-2026 school year.
News Man Weekly: Making arrests, fighting fires and making home brews with Chris Niswander
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Mansfield City Schools calls for 36-person reduction in force, slashing 14 administrative jobs
MANSFIELD — Teachers, staff and community members sat in stunned silence at Monday night’s Mansfield Board of Education meeting. After an hour-long, closed-door session, the Mansfield City Schools board voted 5-0 to approve a plan to cut $5.3 million from next year’s operating budget and submit it to the state.
Mansfield BOE aims to cut costs by $8 million per year
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Schools is projected to spend $3.9 million more than it takes in during the 2024-2025 school year. But with declining enrollment, climbing operating costs and uncertainty surrounding the future of federal education funding, school board Chris Elswick said cutting the district’s deficit to zero likely won’t be enough.
Through the clouds: Tyger Caden Merrel’s AI journey
This article was written by Owen Hubbard, a student at Mansfield Senior High School. Hubbard is enrolled in the entrepreneurship career technical education program at Senior High. He’s been tasked with documenting his classmates’ experience during an eight week AI internship with Genius Cloud Solutions. MANSFIELD — By the sixth week of Caden Merrell’s internship with Genius […]
Mansfield students craft legislation, win state awards at Youth & Govt. conference
This story was written by Julianna Williams, a freshman at Mansfield Senior High School. MANSFIELD — Seven students from Mansfield Senior High School were chosen to represent Ohio at the national level during an annual mock government conference in January.

