Stories by Jill Kelley
GED test, cost to change in 2014
Impending changes to the General Educational Development test, or GED, make 2013 an important year for students who want to pass the exam and achieve his or her Ohio High School Equivalence Diploma.In 2014, the content, method and cost of the nationally standardized test will change for the first time ...
Student threats disrupt school routines
School shootings have forced area districts to heighten the attention they give to any threats of violence by students.Tipp City Schools brought in an FBI agent and a local police detective Wednesday night to speak to concerned parents about multiple threats of violence made at two of the district’s schools ...
School districts may remove levies from ballot
Kettering City Schools may not be the only local district to pull its levy from the May ballot, as school officials closely examine Gov. John Kasich’s proposed school funding plan and pore through hundreds of pages of budget language released last week.Huber Heights City Schools Superintendent Sue Gunnell said she ...
Large crowd shows support for Miami Twp. police department
More than 200 residents, neighbors and Dayton Mall business owners attended the Miami Twp. Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday night, many to make their case for the Miami Twp. Police Department. “Absolutely I’m here to support the police department,” resident Susie Styer said. “The residents get to know the police, ...
Kettering Schools to pull levy from May ballot
Kettering City Schools Superintendent James Schoenlein announced Tuesday that the district will withdraw its levy from the May 7 ballot due to an improved funding outlook in the new state education budget.Hours before Gov. John Kasich announced the new state funding plan, the Kettering board of education voted Feb. 6 ...
Contracting out police services causes stir in Miami Twp.
The potential contracting of police services with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is expected to draw a large crowd tonight to the Miami Twp. Board of Trustees’ meeting. The issue is not on the agenda, but it has sparked rumors in the community and disagreement among the trustees as to ...
State: Local school district named in probe
Northridge was the only Miami Valley school district in a statewide investigation found to have improperly removed students from its attendance rolls, according to a final report released Monday by Ohio State Auditor Dave Yost.Seven Miami Valley districts were cleared of any data tampering through an interim audit released in ...
Kettering officer on paid leave following assault conviction
KETTERING — A Kettering police officer remains on paid administrative leave after being found guilty of misdemeanor assault in January.Officer Douglas Stewart, a Miamisburg resident, is scheduled for sentencing Feb. 21 in Miamisburg Municipal Court.Stewart was arrested and charged Dec. 15 following an incident at the Baum Opera House, 15 ...
10 districts to receive big hike in state funds
About half of the school districts in the Dayton area would get no new money under Gov. John Kasich’s proposed school funding plan, while 10 local districts would get double-digit increases. Kettering, Vandalia-Butler, Miamisburg, West Carrollton, Troy, Piqua, Springboro and Kings would get double-digit increases for fiscal years 2014 or ...
14 school districts place levies on May ballot
Fourteen Dayton area school districts have placed tax issues on the May 7 ballot, including eight of the 11 that saw requests for new money defeated in November. At least four of those returning school districts — Centerville, Fairborn, Huber Heights and Tecumseh — are seeking levies with higher millage ...
Tax issues crowd May election ballot
Dozens of school districts, cities and townships from the Miami Valley will have levies on the May 7 ballot, including some communities that will be asked to weigh in on multiple tax issues.In Centerville and Washington Twp., residents will vote on a 6.9-mill levy for Centerville City Schools, a 4.65-mill ...
Communities find losing estate tax money painful
Local communities are mourning the loss of the estate tax, which raised millions of dollars annually and had its last full year of collection in 2012. Kettering, Centerville, Washington Twp. and Oakwood collected roughly $9 million combined each year via this tax, and have spent the last 18 months adjusting ...
Child’s death from flu third in the area
A 14-year-old Miamisburg boy who died Thursday due to complications from influenza is the third person in the area to die from the flu in the last few weeks.Tyler Sensenbrenner, an eighth-grader at Miamisburg Middle School, was described by his family as a “very healthy child.” He came down with ...
Local school officials respond to new funding plan
“It’s nice to know that we’re not going to get cut anymore, but it doesn’t give us back all those millions that were cut in the last two years. There was no mention of making up the cuts we suffered. Also, (Kasich) mentioned making school funding constitutional, but he didn’t ...
Details of Centerville schools cuts plan released
Details regarding Centerville City Schools’ $2.6 million plan to reduce spending and generate revenue were released this week, and it will impact academics, busing, staffing, sports, band and class sizes for next school year. The Centerville Board of Education said the cuts and increases to student fees will be implemented ...
Centerville to make $2.6M in cuts
Centerville City Schools, which saw its November levy fail by less than a percentage point, approved on Monday night $2.6 million in cuts from its budget next school year and requested a 6.9-mill operating levy from voters in May. Centerville Board of Education President Dr. David Roer said the $2.6 ...
Miamisburg crossings to get $1.3 million in upgrades
Eight railroad crossings in Miamisburg will receive roughly $1.3 million in upgrades in the next year, paid for through federal funding. The crossings are within an approximately one-mile stretch of the same railroad line east of Main Street in Miamisburg. The crossings and their intended upgrades are: 612-626 Richard St., ...
Miami Twp. police, fire levies set for May ballot
The Miami Twp. Board of Trustees approved police and fire levies for the May ballot this week, and police and Trustee Mike Nolan talked about the possibility of contracting out police services.Voters will be asked to approve a 5.25-mill police levy and a 3.5-mill renewal levy for fire services.If passed, ...
Income tax increase up for vote in West Carrollton
Voters here will be asked to approve a 0.25 percent, five-year, renewable income tax increase on the May 7 ballot. If passed, it would increase West Carrollton’s income tax rate from 2.0 to 2.25. That new rate would be the same as Dayton, Miamisburg, Kettering and Trotwood, but higher than ...
Ranking brings school funding model under scrutiny
Ohio recently was ranked 17th in the nation for its school finance, despite the fact that Ohio’s school funding model has been declared unconstitutional three times since 1997.The ranking, coming just weeks before Gov. John Kasich plans to reveal a new school funding model, was part of an Education Week ...
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