Foster care system to undergo state audit in Ohio
Ohio's foster care program, now serving about 32 000 children, will be systematically reviewed led by State Auditor Jim Petro starting in Montgomery County. The probe will assess placement standards and private agency spending as lawmakers seek accountability and potential improvements amid funding and caseload concerns.
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Dayton
Ohio
Jim Petro
Schneider
Ronald Browder
Ohio Department of Human Services
Petro
Browder
Montgomery County
Ann Stevens
Montgomery County Children’s Services
Woman charged in threats to co workers in Ohio office
SIDNEY AP A woman 37 Beth A McAlexander DeGraff was jailed on a six count aggravated menacing charge after allegedly threatening to kill six co workers at an Ohio Department of Transportation accounting office in western Ohio. Troopers arrested her at the office and she was held without bond in Shelby County Jail.
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Sidney
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio
Beth A. McAlexander
DeGraff
Shelby County
Accounting Office
Nobel inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron
AP reports Alfred Nobel the dynamite inventor and Nobel Prizes benefactor was named among six inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. The 1998 class includes Douglas Engelbart Henry Timken S Joseph Begun James L Ferguson and Kary Mullis. Inductions are planned for September at the Akron hall with ceremonies also tied to Dearborn Michigan.
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AKRON
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Alfred Nobel
Inventors Hall
Inventors
Hall
Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn
Mich
Nobel
Douglas Engelbart
Henry Timken
S. Joseph Begun
James L. Ferguson
Kary Banks Mullis
Thomas Edison
Community schools move ahead in Ohio
Ohio approves nine community or charter schools to open this fall in Akron Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton and Youngstown serving about 2100 students with a 10th planned for 1999. A Lucas County pilot will also receive startup funds. Critics warn of profit motives and potential harm to traditional public schools while supporters emphasize choice and cost savings.
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Columbus
State Board of Education
Ohio
Akron
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Youngstown
Lucas County Educational Service Center
Toledo-area
John Goff
States
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Dayton Community Schools Inc
Steve Scovic
Kettering- Moraine
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R-Phillipsburg
Dayton Daily News
the Public Children Services
Association of Ohio
Dan Schneider
Stevens
McAlexander
ODOT
Rhonda Higgins
EMH
Cleveland Clinic
Urology Center
William Larchian
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York City
Elyria
Prostate Center
THE
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
EMH Regional Medical Center
East River Street
Amherst Hospital
Cleveland Avenue
Amherst
Gates Medical Building
East Broad Street
Diane Fessler
Fessler
Edison Project
Dayton Teachers Union
Joyce Fulwhler-Shawhan
Sales & Service
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