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 current state of the district […]

 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 League state competition earlier this […]

 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, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) […]

 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 for the students […]

 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 presence of uniformed deputies in […]