http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Megan Gildow of the News-Sun newspaper in Springfield, Ohio, covers local school districts, their teachers, students and anything in between. Districts she covers include: Springfield City Schools, Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Northeastern Local Schools, Northwestern Local Schools, Tecumseh Local Schools, Southeastern Local Schools, Greenon Local Schools, Catholic Central Schools, Emmanuel Christian, and area charter schools. Quick news updates by e-mail Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. Sign up en-us mgildow@coxohio.com 2010-07-13T09:26:10-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/07/13/greenon_board_to_discuss_levy.html The Greenon Local Schools Board of Education will meet in special session tonight, July 13, to discuss levy options, according to an agenda for the meeting. In May, Greenon voters rejected two levy requests for operating funds — a 5-year,... 17370936@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Greenon Local Schools 2010-07-13T09:26:10-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/07/07/northeastern_schedules_communi.html Northeastern Local Schools officials will hold a meeting in South Vienna Wednesday, July 14, to address questions about the upcoming bond issue as well as other concerns about the district, according to the district’s communications consultant Linda Wallace. The meeting... 17370638@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Northeastern Local Schools 2010-07-07T09:39:26-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/06/24/southeastern_board_looking_at.html Southeastern board members approved today, June 24, the first of two necessary resolutions to place a bond issue before voters on the Nov. 2 ballot. The board unanimously approved at a special meeting a resolution of necessity to put a... 17370004@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Southeastern Local Schools 2010-06-24T15:03:48-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/06/18/keifer_center_awarded_42_milli.html Keifer Alternative Center will be one of 42 schools statewide to received federal School Improvement Grants earmarked to help struggling schools “turn around,” according to a release from the Ohio Department of Education. Keifer, Springfield City School’s alternative learning option... 17369685@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2010-06-18T13:54:22-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/02/17/springfield_to_test_phone_noti.html Springfield City Schools will be testing its ALERTNOW notification service tonight, Feb. 17, according to a letter sent home to parents from Superintendent David Estrop. The service will allow the school to notify parents and guardians about school delays or... 16693003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2010-02-17T13:14:21-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/01/20/northwestern_holds_first_desig.html Northwestern Local Schools will hold its first design committee meeting Thursday, Jan. 21, to make decisions about elements of the two new buildings the district will be constructing. The district’s architecture firm, SHP Leading Design, will guide the committee through... 16405703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Northwestern Local Schools 2010-01-20T10:00:11-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2010/01/20/catholic_central_celebrates_an.html SPRINGFIELD — Catholic Central Schools will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a community Mass Feb. 2 and invites the community to join them. Admission is free however there are about 600 tickets available, said Kathy Sahle, director or development for... 16405403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Catholic Central schools 2010-01-20T09:42:02-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/12/16/students_participate_in_monarc.html Keifer Alternative Center and Springfield High School students are participating in a program that allows them to conduct the experiment simultaneously with a space-based mission. The students are studying Monarch biology at the same time the first ever Monarch “butterflynauts”... 16075903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-12-16T11:32:19-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/12/07/moorefulton_name_decision_comi.html In one corner, you have the Springfield native and boxing legend Davey Moore. In the other, you have one of the founding fathers of public education in Springfield and school namesake of several decades, John Fulton. Who will win in... 15975503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-12-07T16:58:08-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/11/30/greenon_teachers_file_suit.html Greenon teachers have filed request for a writ of mandamus seeking reinstatement for two football coaches who were fired over allegations of harassing players, according to records filed with the Clark County Clerk of Courts. The Greenon Local Schools Board... 15877303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Greenon Local Schools 2009-11-30T11:34:42-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/09/08/obamas_speech_available_for_pr.html President Barack Obama’s planned words for an address to the country’s students Tuesday, Sept. 8 is available for parents to check out before their kids may view the speech at school. You can find the speech here. I read through... 14662803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Politics 2009-09-08T00:25:12-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/09/04/obama_to_address_nations_stude.html In a 15-20 minute address Tuesday, Sept. 8, President Barack Obama will speak to the nation’s students about the “importance of education, the importance of staying in school, how we want to improve our education system and why its so... 14619503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Politics 2009-09-04T07:03:26-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/08/25/springfield_maintains_continuo.html Later tonight/early tomorrow we’ll have capsules on each district up on springfieldnewssun.com and I’ll link to them but for now I’ll go over some highlights on the blog. Springfield City Schools kept its “Continuous Improvement” rating for the 2008-09 school... 14477003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-08-25T18:00:20-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/08/25/northeastern_penalized_on_repo.html The state released district report cards today, Aug. 25, and all but one local district maintained or improved its rating over last year. Check out more detailed information for your district or school building. I’ll be posting more on each... 14470703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Northeastern Local Schools 2009-08-25T12:29:13-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/entries/2009/08/18/district_opens_convocation_to.html Springfield City Schools will open its annual back to school convocation to the public for the first time in recent history, according to Superintendent David Estrop. The Aug. 25 convocation will be Estrop’s first with the district since joining Springfield... 14353203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/springfieldeducation/ Springfield City Schools 2009-08-18T07:14:42-05:00 mgildow@coxohio.com