Alexander Schools switch to counting hours of instruction
The Alexander Schools Board voted unanimously to count hours of instruction instead of days starting this term and for 2015-2016, aligning with calamity day rules and setting a fixed graduation date of May 24. State law requires 1,001 instructional hours for grades 7-12 and 910 for K-6, with 455 hours for half day kindergarten.
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Athens County
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Nelsonville
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OU Wins International Prize for Sexual Assault Reduction Campaign
Ohio University team Du Monde won the inaugural Scripps International Innovators Cup and a 5000 prize for a campus sexual assault reduction plan. The four international students developed Safe on the Streets wearable tech and a geo alert app plus an education campaign targeting international students, earning 20000 total so far and OU the inaugural trophy.
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Toluwani Adekunle
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Sana Mahmud
Sanusi Shehu
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Sperm bank seeks dismissal in biracial child case
Midwest Sperm Bank of Downers Grove asks a judge to toss a lawsuit over mistakenly using a black donor for Jennifer Cramblett. She and her partner claim the error produced a mixed race child born in August 2012, while the bank argues damages from a healthy birth are not allowed under state law.
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Midwest Sperm Bank
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Lorain woman finally earns diploma 63 years late
In Lorain Ohio 80 year old Susan Bostik Reynolds received her high school diploma at a surprise ceremony after decades of waiting due to illness and a gym class requirement. She was wheeled to the stage by her daughter Cindy Bracy as Clearview High School celebrated the milestone.
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Susan Bostik Reynolds
Cindy Bracy
Clearview High School
Clearview
Jerome Davis
Reynolds
Morning Journal
Lorain National Bank
Jean Branzel
Brandon Folley
THE
Associated Press
Athens County sheriff defends fingerprint based checks
Athens County Sheriff Rodney Smith says his office processes about 30 fingerprint background checks weekly and has not seen faults in the system. He notes the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation handles the checks, while a Columbus probe found the Ohio system has been flawed, prompting calls to monitor and cooperate with the attorney general to fix potential errors.
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Rodney Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Mike de Wine
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Smith
Attorney General's Office
Kasich to implement police task force recommendations
Ohio Governor Kasich pledges action on police relations after a task force report. The Ohio Collaborative Community Police Advisory Board will draft statewide standards on use of deadly force and recruitment, with yearly progress reports and public feedback. The task force was created in December 2014 in response to nationwide tensions.
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John Kasich
Ohio Collaborative Community Police Advisory Board
Kasich
Meigs County Cancer Initiative to Meet Monday
The Meigs County Cancer Initiative Inc will meet Monday at 12 p.m. in the Meigs County Health Department conference room. New members are welcome. For information contact Carolyn Grueser at 740 992 5469.
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Meigs County Cancer Initiative, Inc
Meigs County Health Department
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