The report, Wells Academy: School in Steubenville, Ohio Beats Academic Odds Year after Year, contains hopeful news about one of Ohio’s highest performing public schools, Wells Academy in Steubenville. In 2008, few other elementary schools in the state did better academically— and Wells did it with a student body that faces significant challenges.
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1/29/09
Columbus Dispatch Blog
Rob Messinger
Columbus schools will reopen Friday after two days off because of this week’s storm, spokesman Jeff Warner said this afternoon.
Every Columbus school will need to make up at least two days because the district has exceeded the five cancellations allowed by state law. Eleven will need to make up three days.
Besides this [...]

1/29/09
Suburban News
Khalila Perrin
With newly approved tax dollars flowing in, it won’t be long before some Columbus students can ride to school in style.
The Columbus school board approved the purchase of 137 new buses — the district’s first batch of new buses since seven were ordered in 2006. The decision came during the board’s Jan. 20 [...]

1/29/09
Suburban News
Khalila Perrin
*District officials reported $1.1 million in losses from the September 14 windstorm but the federal agency only will reimburse $445,000.
Relief is on the way for Columbus City Schools, though not as much as officials had hoped.
After severe winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc in Central Ohio Sept. 14, district officials [...]

1/28/09
ThisWeek
David J. Cross
The economic downturn has enabled Columbus City Schools to purchase more buses than district administrators initially anticipated.
The school board voted unanimously Jan. 20 to buy the buses.
Larry Hoskins, chief operating officer for the district, said 137 buses will be purchased from Center City International over the next two years –69 this year and [...]