Retiring superintendent warns on finance and enrollment cuts
Forest Hills Schools face rising costs and falling enrollment. Outgoing superintendent Robert C. Wolf says closing or selling a school may be studied if needed, with a tax levy possible depending on state funding. He notes 20 percent enrollment decline since 1974 75 and forecasts 7300 next year. Gail Fritz says officials continue evaluating the situation.
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Wolf to retire as Forest Hills Schools superintendent
Bob Wolf, retiring July 1 after leading Forest Hills Schools since 1970, expresses pride in a decade of academic excellence driven by staff and administration. He details management shift to yearly objectives, extensive community engagement, and long days with weekly meetings and public Q A sessions.
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School chief recalls memory makers amid 10 year Forest Hills tenure
retiring Forest Hills Schools superintendent Bob Wolf looks back on a decade marked by opening several elementary schools and splitting one high school. He recalls the June 12 drug bust involving 16 youths, a Blizzard of 1978 year, and energy crises, plus his early-morning trips to the transportation barn to decide snow-day closings and a farewell roast delayed by events.
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Kennel ad yields many calls in Forest Hills listing
A northern Clermont County kennel placed a help wanted ad in the Journal for one insertion and did not renew. A spokesman said the kennel received about 250 calls and a long list of names, urging readers to call 528-6444. Circulation audited by the Certified Audit of Circulations, Inc.
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Teacher charged with theft in Ohio case
Clermont College teacher and former political candidate James W. Mergler, 38, arraigned in Hamilton County Municipal Court on aggravated burglary charges stemming from a neighbor’s home theft. Jewelry and a Rookwood vase about $1,800 taken May 16–21 from Kathryn Byers’ Mt. Washington residence.
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Hamilton County
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Cincinnati
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Rum-runners unite over Ohio bootlegging law clash
Hamilton County lawmakers from both parties opposed a tougher bootlegging penalty in Rep. Dana Deshler's bill, which would elevate bulk liquor transport to a fourth degree felony with up to 20 years in prison and a $2,500 fine, while the measure passed 76 to 10 and moves to the Senate.
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R-65
O'Brien
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R-19
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R-20
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