Pledge dispute prompts review at Admiral King High
Lorain schools reexamine patriotic exercises after senior Vincent Capizzi refused to stand for the Pledge. Principal Anthony Cassano briefly suspended him but allowed return as policy focus shifts to honoring the board rule that some students may be excused. Capizzi will remain seated during the pledge as the district studies its practice and other districts note no repercussions for similar choices.
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Lorain
Admiral King High School
Ed Branham
Vincent Capizzi
Admiral King
Anthony Cassano
Capizzi
Branham
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Avon
Vincent Capizzo
Protest aims to make prison public
More than 100 local union members will picket the North Coast Correctional Treatment Facility from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to oppose prison privatization. OCSEA leader Peter Wray cites profit motives and corner cutting by CiviGenics as risky for inmates and staff, with AFSCME President Gerald McEntee also slated to speak. The warden expressed concern but hopes for a peaceful protest.
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Grafton
North Coast
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association
Teamsters
United Auto Workers Unions
OCSEA
Peter Wray
Robert Clark
Clark
Larry Leidner
CiviGenics
Lorain Schools Seek Overhaul After Facilities Study
The Lorain school system recruits a diverse group of students and parents to advise on a drastic facilities overhaul. An Ohio School Facilities Commission study says 13 buildings require major work and seven more need redesign to meet future needs and standards. If approved, 80 percent of construction costs would be state funded, with a 23 year bond covering the rest.
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Lorain
Ohio School Facilities Commission
Lorain City
Keith Lilly
Sheffield Lake councilwomen face recall petitions over harassment claims
Sheffield Lake council President Jeanette Maggard and Ward Three member Kathleen Thomason refused to resign after recall petitions were presented by former safety director Mike Fusco. Residents signed petitions alleging officials failed to represent the city, while supporters called it government in its simplest form and a matter of accountability.
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Sheffield Lake
Mike Fusco
Jeanette Magegard
Ward
Kathleen Thomason
Thomason
Maggard
Fusco
Safety Director
Jeanette K Maggard
Alan Smith
Smith
St Jude School marks 50th with balloon kickoff and memories
Elyria notes a fifty year milestone for St Jude School as 490 current students release balloons during a kick off on the lawn where alumni recall days of makeshift classrooms. Former students from the 1951 class recount chalkboard days and half day sessions while celebrating a now Blue Ribbon institution.
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Elyria
St. Jude School
St. Jude
Bill Menner
Avon Lake
Menner
St Jude
Ronald Peloguin
Martha Flanigan
Pam Pollack
Poplar Street
Elyna
St Jude School
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