January 2008
Grade realignment, levy topic at town hall session »
This Week News 1/31/2008 DAVID J. CROSS ThisWeek Staff Writer Grade realignment and a potential operating levy were the main issues discussed at the first of four town hall meetings held by the Columbus City Schools earlier this week. During the two-hour meeting Monday (Jan. 28), Superintendent Gene Harris and other district officials discussed the [...]
Students go green in robotics competition »
ThisWeek News 1/31/2008 DAVID J. CROSS ThisWeek Staff Writer A group of Columbus City Schools’ students may have been green at this year’s First Lego League competitions, but it didn’t stop them from tackling a myriad of environmental issues. The Green Dayz Team, an after school club at Dominion Middle School, competed in the Lego [...]
Bill Gates gives $12 million for specialized schools in Ohio »
The Plain Dealer 1/31/2008 Scott Stephens Plain Dealer Reporter You don’t need an advanced degree in vector calculus to grasp this equation: Bill Gates = $12 million. That’s the amount of the check the Microsoft Corp. chairman, through his charitable foundation, handed to Ohio on Wednesday to help launch a network of rigorous, specialized Science, [...]
Battelle-run network to boost schools’ effort in science, math »
1/31/2008 By Encarnacion Pyle The Columbus Dispatch More than $13 million in private money will help propel Ohio forward by supporting an effort to raise the science, technology, engineering and math (or STEM) skills of all students, state and Battelle leaders said yesterday. “Our commitment to STEM is a strategic and important investment, not only [...]
Schools offer to help pay for deputies »
Sheriff wants one each for 3 Delaware County districts 1/31/2008 By Dana Wilson The Columbus Dispatch DELAWARE, Ohio — A lone Delaware County deputy sheriff doubles as a school officer, splitting his time between 27 public school buildings in three districts. That’s no longer enough, in Sheriff Walter Davis’ opinion. He wants to boost the [...]
