DATE
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This Week in
Worthington / Dispatch
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Worthington News
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Letters
to the Editor
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12/31/2008 |
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Student
successes, focus on future marked 2008 in Worthington schools
Next year's levy will
be main topic of gathering
Clothing piles up
in Thomas students' charity drive
After-school
classes begin Jan. 26 |
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12/24/2008 |
Kilbourne students help Santa provide gifts for area kids
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Worthington
Kilbourne steps up with $10,134 in charitable giving
Grants fund
teachers' ideas to boost classroom learning |
Crossing
guards can't be best things to cut |
12/17/2008 |
Board OKs contract; group adopts new name
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Learning Lab
puts best teaching methods on display
More and more district families
requesting financial help
Classified
employees' 2.85 percent raises get board's nod |
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12/10/2008 |
Colleagues praise Cynkar as he ends tenure
City budget
passes minus school crossing guard funds
Teachers can
observe, learn at new Sutter Park lab |
Worthington joins majority in cutting funds for crossing guards
Cameras in
Worthington schools earn nod, but cost may slow implementation |
Many
came together to make NHS event memorable
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12/03/2008 |
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Worthington
Park gets cultured for International Week
District mulls pros,
cons of surveillance |
Educators
can't be only voices in 'conversations'
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11/27/2008 |
TWHS dean
suffers injury in fall
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Temporary
replacement for Cynkar starts soon
Media's role in election spurs 'great
questions' at Thomas
Business
academy's first nine boast expanded worldview
Board could open
door to in-school cameras
Governor gathers leaders' opinions on
school funding
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11/20/2008 |
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11/13/2008 |
Conrath,
McCuen get raises, contracts
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Conrath,
McCuen take home raises
Nomination 'humbling' for WKHS
Fair offers
sampling of careers to Kilbourne students |
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11/06/2008 |
'Safety'
cited as reason to close schools on Election Day
'More to the
story' in the Worthington school district |
Worthington
students' ultragreen home up for prestigious award |
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10/29/2008 |
School
administrators get 2.85% raise |
School
administrators get 2.85 percent raises
Students' science-fair
prowess leads to teacher awards
Outdoors will
become classroom via Brookside initiative |
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10/22/2008 |
'Go-to
guy' Cynkar steps down after 25 years with schools
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District
officials talk their way to better credit rating
Cynkar's 25-year run in
Worthington schools soon to end |
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10/15/2008 |
CD: Schools fix
rules, restore National Honor Society
Board approves
teachers' contract |
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10/08/2008 |
Board to
vote on teachers' contract Monday
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Teachers earn
annual 2.85 percent raises in new contract |
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10/01/2008 |
14
seniors named National Merit semifinalists
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09/24/2008 |
Survey
says: schools have good reputation, teachers, curriculum
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Honor
society's back after revamp of selection criteria |
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09/17/2008 |
TWHS to
present 'Acts of God'
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Wind shutters
schools; students make most of days off
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Teacher pay
didn't cause our economic woes |
09/10/2008 |
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Compassion,
chemistry prowess lead to awards for staff
School's lessons
bursting with fruit flavor
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09/03/2008 |
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08/27/2008 |
Thomas
Worthington gets new classrooms, labs, storage
Schools are rated
excellent, after all
Staff off to
rousing start of 'best school year yet'
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As year
begins, enrollment slightly lower than expected
'Excellent' after all
District aims for
dismissal in racial discrimination suit |
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08/20/2008 |
Schools
are ready to welcome students
19 buildings
fixed up during summer |
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08/13/2008 |
Schools
rank high, district average on report card
Kilbourne ready to step into busy
band season
TWHS band
preps for another winning season
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Kilbourne
band's unique show runs emotional gamut
'Excellent' out of
reach
'We will
survive,' district says, but scores must improve
Enrollment at new business academy slow
but satisfying
First day
reserved for freshmen at Thomas, Kilbourne |
Letter:
Annual pay increases are bad economic strategy right now |
08/06/2008 |
Schools,
city, library, townships share auditor's surplus
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Thomas band
shoots for fifth straight 'superior' year
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Letter:
Teacher quality must be a focus during negotiations
Letter: Town halls
are an effective way of informing the public |
07/30/2008 |
Board:
Parents must pay tuition
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District
leaves Metro School tab with parents
School board names representatives to city
arts center |
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07/23/2008 |
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Students will
return to new roofs, floors, lockers, more
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Letter:
District must keep residents in mind during contract talks
Letter: Town
halls won't hurt, but may not be representative |
07/16/2008 |
Discrimination allegations denied |
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07/09/2008 |
Ex-dean
at TWHS alleges discrimination
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Collaros
leaves district behind, but relationships remain
Schare: Rely on
residents to determine acceptable taxes
Retire/rehire
deals save cash, retain experience, officials say |
The
governor's challenge: bring transformative change to schools
State's change to AYP enforcement makes
good sense
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07/02/2008 |
More
tenth-graders pass OGT on first try in Franklin County
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Evening Street
welcomes new principal, 'lead learner'
Negotiations set to begin soon for new
teachers contract |
Letter:
Moore has had a positive impact on countless students
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06/25/2008 |
Slate
Hill will cut into school year for IB teacher training
Price of school
lunch continues to rise
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Counselor: Hugs made demanding career worthwhile
Lunch prices will increase 15 cents in all
schools next year |
Kilbourne baccalaureate supporters receive thanks
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06/18/2008 |
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Academic
success stories often obfuscated by hard numbers
Teacher's chemical
wizardry keeps students fired up |
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06/11/2008 |
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Basic School
concept setting up at Granby
Awards add up for students taking part in
Science Day
Program aims to
build skills through problem solving |
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06/04/2008 |
Slate
Hill proposed for district's first IB program
Trip deepens Supt.
Conrath's understanding of China's culture
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Seniors leave
high schools with memories, honors
May 2009 seen as levy target
Slate Hill looks
at implementing IB Primary program |
Survey was
too expensive
Helpers deserve gratitude |
05/28/2008 |
High
school commencements set for Sunday at the Schott
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Worthington's
high schools to distribute diplomas |
Letter:
Thanks to Thomas Worthington teachers
Letter: Thanks for
Pancake Day help
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05/21/2008 |
Dean at
TWHS claims age and gender bias behind job switch at the high school
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The long and
short of school board meetings
Special-needs, computer students
collaborate on project |
Letter:
Worthington lacking in experiment-based learning
Letter: Attendees
deserve gratitude
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05/14/2008 |
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Teacher,
former student come to bat for HomeB.A.S.E |
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05/07/2008 |
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School board
mulls proposals for new courses, textbooks |
School's
Home B.A.S.E. program should be reinstated
data to make point
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04/30/2008 |
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Colonial Hills
sixth-graders will stay put, group decides
Carpenter brings
'wealth of experience' to Worthington |
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04/23/2008 |
Parents asked to find space for
Colonial Hills students
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Herrington doesn't tell full story on
teacher pay
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04/16/2008 |
District backs down; sixth grade to
remain at Colonial Hills
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District
speaks too soon in plan to move sixth-graders
Honor Society's back in Worthington ... or is it?
Worthington
Estates' Williams bids school, tetherball farewell |
Battle' coordinator thanks event
supporters
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04/09/2008 |
Court rules against schools in tax
battle
Does Ohio law give homeowners a real
estate tax break in down market?
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04/02/2008 |
High school business 'academies' OK'd |
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03/26/2008 |
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03/19/2008 |
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03/12/2008 |
Anonymous donor gives $96K for
expansion of WKHS dugout |
Board hears
five proposals for 'schools within schools' |
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03/05/2008 |
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02/27/2008 |
Parents want honor society restored
Community hears high school course proposals
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Evaluators
rave about Phoenix School
NHS axing remains source of frustration |
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02/20/2008 |
(DISPATCH):
Students ask school to sweep for drugs
K-9 unit sniffs out drugs in cars at
TWHS
Innovative high school programs are
topic of Feb. 21 forum at WKHS |
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02/13/2008 |
Levy talk revs up school spending
critics
District to pay tuition for current
students
Gaskill: high school reform needed to
set stage for future
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District:
Successful Levy by '09 Necessary
Six Metro School
students will stay put
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02/06/2008 |
CONRATH:
REFORM, ENROLLMENT, DIVERSITY, FUNDING CHALLENGE DISTRICT |
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01/30/2008 |
Report urges use of solar roof panels
(DISPATCH): Millions in STATE GRANTS
UP FOR GRABS |
Board member,
teacher bring back insight from China
Board retreats to move
district improvement plan forward |
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01/23/2008 |
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01/16/2008 |
Keegan, Wilson take seats; Best
elected president of board
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Board welcomes
Keegan, urges residents to get involved |
Society
participation worth more than a resume boost
Honor Society
must be reinstated in Worthington |
01/09/2008 |
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01/02/2008 |
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School
district focused on '21st-century learning' in '08 |
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