DeWine signs parental rights expansion in schools bill
Gov. Mike DeWine signed HB 8 shaping Parents Bill of Rights, enabling parents to opt out of health care changes and lessons on sexuality or gender identity. The measure also requires districts to permit religious instruction during the day, expanding religious education access. Critics call it unsafe for LGBTQ students and harmful to supportive teachers and schools.
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Columbus
Mike DeWine
Statehouse
Ohio
Equality
Five escape fire as home in Lafayette Twp. burns down
Five people including three adults and two children escaped their burning home on Ryan and Wedgewood roads early Wednesday. Firefighters from Lafayette Township Seville Guilford and Medina arrived within minutes to find flames venting from the roof. The house was a total loss though the garage survived. Water was drawn from a nearby pond due to a distant hydrant. Fire was under control by 4:30 a.m. and extinguished by 4:50 a.m.
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Lafayette
Ryan and
Wedgewood Roads
Lafayette Town
Ship
Ryan Road
Lafayette Township
Brian Cavanaugh
Pond
Cavanaugh
Lafayette Township Fire Department
Seville-Guilford Fire Department
Medina
Chippewa Lake Discusses Docking Rules With Public
About 100 residents attended a public information session at Buffalo Creek Retreat to review a draft of docking rules for Chippewa Lake. Medina County Park District and a local stakeholder group discussed simplifying the program, fees and standards, for Chippewa Lake and adjacent lands.
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Guilford Twp
Chippewa Lake
Buffalo Creek Retreat
Hubbard Valley Road
Medina County Park District
Park District
Gloria Glens
Euclid Avenue
Chippewa Yacht Club
Lakeside Drive
Lakeview Court
Shady Slope Drive
Lafayette Township
Brunswick Fifth Grade Paper Towel Absorbency Study
Brunswick Schools will install higher capacity absorbent paper towel dispensers districtwide starting January after fifth grade science and math classes tested three towel brands. Rebecca Ciccozzi, Huntington Elementary, led the experiment comparing name-brand, generic, and school towels for absorbency. The results showed the name-brand towel absorbed best, with generic in the middle and school towels least effective.
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Brunswick
Rebecca Ciccozzi
Huntington
Ciccozzi
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