Norwalk Schools Keep Open as 30 Teachers Slashed
Norwalk public schools will trim 30 teaching positions next fall to save about 173000 this year, while Bronson and Benedict Elementary Schools stay open. The board rejected closing schools, considering attrition and contract non renewals, amid income declines and a tight budget plan that may shift programs and staffing across K–12. Local superintendent James Rubright noted possible gains if state funds increase and outlined specific program eliminations including art music physical education and language offerings.
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Norwalk
Bronson
Rubright
Rlbright
School Board Approves Millage Rates and 200000 Bond Borrowing
The board voted to set operations at about 31.6 mills with a 22.7 mill expected after rollback and state adjustments. They approved borrowing 200000 from the bond retirement fund to cover bills until tax settlement, set six percent interest, and adopted a 988000 temporary appropriation for early 1979 expenses including salaries, supplies, maintenance, contracts, fixed charges, and lunch room funding.
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Rubright
New Pleasant Street
Columbus
Dorothy Brooks
Trucker Crash Evacuates 20 Families In Ohio
A tractor trailer loaded with calcium carbide overturned on Interstate 271 near Northfield Ohio forcing evacuation of twenty families and closure of the freeway and a nearby high school as two canisters leaked raising explosion concerns. Katharine Graham steps aside as Washington Post publisher with son to succeed her. Greta Rideout and husband John Keat's highly publicized case ends as couple reconciles amid legal back and forth.
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Ohio
UPI
Washington
Katharine Graham
The
Washington Post
Graham
Washington Post Co
Newsweek Magazine
Trenton
N.J
Everett
Wash
Salem
Ore
Greta Rideout
John Keat
Weather and Local News Brief from Norwalk Area
Partly cloudy today with highs 15 to 20 and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with possible snow, lows five to 10 and Thursday highs in the teens. Also reports births in Norwalk and Willard police arrests, including Thomas L. Burkhalter and Jeffrey O'Dell, plus a Willard burglary incident and a Norwalk man jailed for attempting a break in.
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Richard
Kathy Jump
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus
Patrick
Kimberly Brown
Fisher- Titus
Lucille E. Jacobs
Marie A. Houck
Monroeville
Willard Central
Willard
Thomas L. Burkhalter
Washburn Road
Huron County
Gerald Janosko
Martin Motor Sales
E. Main St
Jeffrey O'Dell
Seminary Road
O'Dell
Eric L. Murray
Jefferson St
Norwalk Park and Recreation
Sommers to Heal Wounds and Restore 648 Board Policy Role
David Sommers, newly appointed director of curriculum for Huron County Schools, leads the 648 Board with a focus on policy over administration, seeks a new Linn Corp facility, and urges peacemaking among former staffers after last summer's split with the Mental Health Society. The board plans monthly meetings, tight attendance rules, and public input slots while addressing resignations and pay changes for staff.
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Dick Hobson
David A. Sommers
Huron County 648
Huron County Schools
648
Sommers
Huron County Mental Health Society
Mental Health Society
George F. Linn Corp
Lawrence Hadley
Linn Corp
Main St
Huron County Commissioners
Norwalk
Harold Freeman
Freeman
Bonnie D’ettore
Bernice Nicode
Thomas Woodyard
Woodyard
Loretta Miller
State Department of Mental Health
William Owens
Robert Klenk
Owens
Thomas Heydinger
Anonymous donor gives 35000 for Norwalk High seats
An unnamed benefactor donated 35000 to the Norwalk Board of Education to repair or replace seats in the Norwalk High School Auditorium. The board accepted the gift under the condition that the donor’s identity remain confidential.
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Norwalk High School
Ardeth Chupp Named New Treasurer for Huron County
Ardeth Chupp, 47, elected Tuesday night by the Republican Central Committee to be Huron County treasurer. She succeeds John Arthur, a mid-term Republican retiree, with term through 1981. Chupp plans no department changes while rival deputy Dorothy Meyers remains in office.
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Huron County Republican Central Committee
Chapp
Dorothy Meyers
Miss Meyers
John Arthur
North Fairfield
William V. Johnson
Norwalk
Reichart Insurance Agency
Johnson
Central Committee
Arthur
Secretary of State
Department
Richard Hauser
Jack
John
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Richard Frost
David A. Summers
Matt Missey
Bellevue
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Paul Stafford
Norwalk Board of Education
Ardeth Chupf
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