/tags/westerville-city-schools Westerville City Schools en-US Copyright Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:55:26 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-07/worthington-westerville-schools-bring-back-religious-release-time-under-new-state-law The "Parents' Bill of Rights," which goes into effect Wednesday, requires schools to have a religious release time policy on the books. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 16:55:26 GMT /politics-government/2025-04-07/worthington-westerville-schools-bring-back-religious-release-time-under-new-state-law Allie Vugrincic /news/2025-03-17/five-years-after-covid-central-ohio-schools-are-recovering-but-students-remain-behind-in-math Data shows that Ohio students have gotten back to where they were before the pandemic when it comes to reading, but despite some recovery, they remain behind in math. Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT /news/2025-03-17/five-years-after-covid-central-ohio-schools-are-recovering-but-students-remain-behind-in-math Allie Vugrincic /news/2025-01-10/westerville-city-schools-among-thousands-of-districts-nationwide-impacted-by-data-breach Westerville City Schools said in a letter to parents that PowerSchool, the software platform it uses for managing student information, was impacted by a data breach. Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:12:19 GMT /news/2025-01-10/westerville-city-schools-among-thousands-of-districts-nationwide-impacted-by-data-breach George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-10-01/westerville-city-schools-ends-school-day-religious-release-time-for-students The decision spells the end for the LifeWise Academy in the district. The popular – and sometimes controversial – program had been in the district since fall 2022. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:14:19 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-01/westerville-city-schools-ends-school-day-religious-release-time-for-students Allie Vugrincic /politics-government/2024-09-24/westerville-considers-removing-religious-release-time-lifewise-ceo-disappointed The Westerville City School Board is considering removing its religious release time policy. That would mean the end of the school district’s LifeWise Program. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:51:43 GMT /politics-government/2024-09-24/westerville-considers-removing-religious-release-time-lifewise-ceo-disappointed Allie Vugrincic /politics-government/2024-08-08/central-ohio-schools-put-levies-bonds-on-the-november-ballot More than half a dozen central Ohio schools are asking voters to pass levies or bond issues in November. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:31:20 GMT /politics-government/2024-08-08/central-ohio-schools-put-levies-bonds-on-the-november-ballot Allie Vugrincic /politics-government/2024-07-10/westerville-city-schools-votes-to-put-combined-bond-issue-and-levy-on-november-ballot The district is asking to issue bonds worth up to $140 million and for a levy that would generate another $20.8 million. Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:05:11 GMT /politics-government/2024-07-10/westerville-city-schools-votes-to-put-combined-bond-issue-and-levy-on-november-ballot Allie Vugrincic /news/2024-03-06/former-westerville-superintendent-resigned-amid-disciplinary-investigation In a letter to the State Board of Education, the district claimed Joseph Clark did outside work on school time and used his public position to promote a book he wrote. Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:09:41 GMT /news/2024-03-06/former-westerville-superintendent-resigned-amid-disciplinary-investigation Allie Vugrincic /coronavirus/2022-01-10/remote-learning-continues-in-columbus-and-reynoldsburg-schools Students at three Columbus City Schools will learn remotely Monday, while all Reynoldsburg preschool and high schools will have virtual classes all week. Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:19:51 GMT /coronavirus/2022-01-10/remote-learning-continues-in-columbus-and-reynoldsburg-schools /coronavirus/2022-01-06/more-columbus-schools-move-to-online-classes-thursday Seventeen Columbus City Schools will use remote learning Thursday because of continued staffing shortages. That's up from seven on Wednesday. Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:42:35 GMT /coronavirus/2022-01-06/more-columbus-schools-move-to-online-classes-thursday Steve Brown