SCHOOLS
Breaking: Firks hired to lead FR
FORT RECOVERY — Justin Firks will be the new superintendent of Fort Recovery Local Schools.
FR finances are in good shape
FORT RECOVERY — School board members took a look at their five-year financial forecast. But they’ll wait until May to vote on it because of continued uncertainty with the state budget.
New buses to be purchased
Jay Schools will be buying five new buses.
Board seeks to eliminate 'perk'
Jay School Board members want to end a longtime insurance benefit for administrators. But there’s not yet any clear consensus on how to go about it.
SA facing more budget cuts
BERNE — After consecutive years of deficit spending, and with another projected for 2015-16, South Adams Schools is facing some difficult financial decisions.
SAHS nominated
Each state’s number of National Blue Ribbon Award nominees is based on population.
FR students donate to facility
FORT RECOVERY — Fort Recovery students are making helping a habit.
Residents want school to stay
“Please don’t close my school.” That was the refrain Monday night when more than a dozen Pennville area residents — more than half of them students — expressed concern to Jay School Board about the potential shuttering of Pennville Elementary School.
Budgeting is uncertain
BERNE — South Adams Schools plan to have a balanced budget for the 2015-16 school year. But it’s difficult to tell whether that will require cutting costs.
Vaughn to lead MCESC
FORT RECOVERY — Local schools will soon have a new superintendent.
Discussion begins
Jay Schools will hire an architect to examine all of its buildings as the board weighs its options in the face of declining student enrollment.
Space evaluation
The conversation is going to be difficult, but Jay Schools superintendent Tim Long believes it’s a conversation that’s going to have to take place.
Schools set to celebrate FFA week
Jay County and Fort Recovery high schools have a variety of activities scheduled beginning Monday in celebration of National FFA Week.
PARCC testing to start Feb. 23
FORT RECOVERY — The schedule is set for Fort Recovery Local Schools’ first experience with PARCC.
Board places focus on $$
The financial position of Jay Schools improved slightly during 2014, but school board members want to maintain their focus on controlling costs.
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