SCHOOLS

Input meeting is Thursday

The numbers are discouraging, but they are impossible to ignore.

Offering food

Two elementary schools in Jay County are offering food pantries to students’ parents.

FR project gets OK

FORT RECOVERY — If approval is granted by the state, the elementary/middle school will get some updates and the district will save money in the process.  

Enrollment takes sharp drop

Enrollment in Jay Schools has dropped much more rapidly than expected, making school closings and further consolidation virtually inevitable.

Board awards project contract

BERNE — With the 2017 portion of the high school renovation project mostly complete, South Adams took the next step toward completing the remainder of the work next summer.

Board needs a long-term plan

The decision-making process on the future of Judge Haynes Elementary School continues to move forward, and superintendent Jeremy Gulley wants to make sure that decision is made in a broader context.

Grad rates to fall

Jay County High School’s graduation rates are going to go down. So will those of other high schools across the state.

WJMS part of pilot program

The state is launching a new program in an effort to get students thinking about careers even before they reach high school. West Jay Middle School eighth graders will be among the first involved.

Village interested, but at a lower price

FORT RECOVERY — The village would be interested in purchasing Fort Recovery High School’s baseball field, just not if it’s being appraised as such.

Budget is down from 2017

Jay Schools will advertise a 2018 budget of just over $35 million.

Third at the fair

INDIANAPOLIS — With an inexperienced squad, the Eagles were just hoping to get through the preliminaries to the top five. They did it. And then climbed another spot. And then another.

Head Start is back in Dunkirk

Six years after Dunkirk Head Start was moved to Portland, the preschool program is returning to West Jay Community Center.

SA advertising $16.5 million budget

BERNE — The South Adams Schools budget will increase again. And for the second consecutive year, the bulk of the jump is in spending is in the rainy day fund.

Patriots take 3rd

INDIANAPOLIS — The Marching Patriots put together the performance they had dreamed of all summer long. It just didn’t earn them the result for which they had hoped.

Show depicts iconic painting

Is it possible to convey one of the world’s most famous paintings in the form of music and marching? The Jay County High School Marching Patriots’ staff wasn’t sure. But they wanted to find out.
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