Logan Schools Face Financial Struggles and Trust Gaps
Ohio Education Association released a special study citing persistent underfunding in the Logan School District, strained negotiations, and citizen resentment toward loss of autonomous districts. The panel urged improved communications, clear job descriptions, and an end to using general funds for renovations.
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Logan
Ohio Education Association
John W. Simpson
Xenia City Schools
Shirley
Logan Education Association
Board of Education
OEA
Logan City
Hocking County
Logan School Board
State Board of Education
Logan School Board Reevaluates Exams and Announces December Closure
The Logan School Board in a special session lowered semester exam value from one fourth to one seventh and eased grade rounding to 3.5 for A and 2.5 for B. The board also reaffirmed plans to close schools for December due to tight finances while seeking a 5 mill operating levy to shore up funds.
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Logan School Board
Dan Long
Logan High School
Long
Larry Wells
Budget Showdown Slated Next Week
In Columbus Democrats unveil their revised $10.7 billion two year budget and a companion equal yield school aid bill ahead of a key week in the 1975 Ohio legislature. The House Finance panel backs the budget along party lines while a Senate subcommittee amends the school aid plan. Republicans remain largely sidelined. The House moves a energy and economic package expanding the Ohio Water Development Authority to issue bonds for waste facilities and backing coal gasification development. Senate actions include several new measures including a repeal of fair trade laws and a move to abolish mayors courts set by 1972 Supreme Court ruling. The Senate meets Monday afternoon and the House Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Finance Appropriations Committee
a_ Senate Education and Welfare
M. Morris Jackson
Cleveland
GOP
James A. Rhodes
Senate
House
Vernon F Cook
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio Water Development Authority
Cook
A.G. Lancione
Bellaire
Ohio Development Financing Commission
Joseph P. Tulley
Mentor
U.S. Supreme Court
Hocking County Roads Mark Two Closures Next Week
The Hocking County Highway Department announces two road closings for next week. County Rd. 24 near the Athens-Hocking line will close Monday for a culvert replacement, finishing in a day. County Rd. 11 near Ohio 664 will close Wednesday for a bridge replacement, expected to take at least two days.
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Hocking County
Carbon Hill- Buchtel Rd
Athens-Hocking County
Big Pine Rd
Oberlin Alumni Urged to Donate Federal Rebates
Oberlin College appeals to its 20 000 alumni to sign over their federal income tax rebates to the school in a mailing timed with rebate checks. The college says endorsed rebates could fund scholarships, freeze tuition for six years, and avoid cuts or layoffs.
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Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin College
Oberlin
The
Albuni
Weather forecast for Hocking Valley with highs in 70s
Cloudy conditions with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s expected tonight and Saturday in the Hocking Valley. Chance of showers Sunday or Monday. Today at 11 am the temperature was 73 degrees with hazy skies and Thursday reached 79. The overnight low was 7.
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Hocking Valley
Schmitter Granted Shock Probation After 90 Days Jail
Robert Schmitter Jr., 21, of Logan, who pleaded guilty to two hallucinogen offenses and faced 10 to 20 years, was granted three years of shock probation contingent on serving 90 days in the county jail. The case included separate counts for possession of hallucinogen for sale and permitting use of a place for illegal keeping of hallucinogens.
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Robert Schmitter Jr
Logan Rt. 5
Hocking County
Robert Lilley
Organize Campaign To Back School Levy
An organizing meeting for the Logan School District 5 mill operating levy campaign drew 15 attendees from Logan area clubs at Citizens Bank. Herschel Bensenhaver of the Logan Trade Club leads the effort with plans for a door to door drive and wider organizational help before a second meeting is announced.
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Logan
Citizens Bank
Herschel Bensenhaver
Merchants Division
Logan Trade Club
Ken Warling
Warling
Trade Club
House Panel Eyes Drug Law Proposals
Ohio lawmakers hear arguments on decriminalizing marijuana with possible civil penalties. Art Linkletter and J Pat Horton detail proposals including civil fines for possession of one ounce or less and longer penalties for trafficking, as the panel weighs broader drug law changes.
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House
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Logan Schools
General Fund
Kathy Freeman
Darin
Warner Ave
Daily News
Bryon Courter
Kenley Freeman
Daily News City Editor
Wells
Schmitter
Shock
Kenneth E. Warling
Terraceview Hts
Joseph Murtha
Harold Nihiser Jr
Rockbridge Rt. 1
John and Marjorie Saving
E. Main St
Art Gasser
G.C. Murphy Co
Margaret Ann Henderson
Nihiser
Martha
Veidt
Oregon
Art Linkletter
Linkletter
Horton
U.S. Senate
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