StateImpact Ohio

Wilberforce and Central State University want to merge operations to increase efficiency Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/ohios-two-historically-black-universities-merging-some-operations.

Lincoln-West School of Science and Health graduates its first class of students this year. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/100-college-acceptance-for-first-graduates-of-cmsd-metrohealth-high-school.

Refugee Response offers a program to help teen immigrants adjust to life in America and school. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/program-at-john-marshall-hs-helps-refugee-students-adjust-to-life-in-us.

Incoming Youngtown City Schools CEO plans to put students first and give some control back to the school board. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/incoming-youngstown-city-schools-ceo-discusses-improving-the-district.

Avon Lake is the second school are district to add school buses to seatbelts its fleet. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/avon-lake-switching-to-school-buses-with-seatbelts.

CMSD recommends closing four schools, consolidating five schools and building five new buildings. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/closures-consolidation-and-new-buildings-recommended-for-cleveland-public-schools.

Tuslaw Local Schools in Stark County and Waterloo in Portage had the only levies in the region that voters didn’t pass. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/northeast-ohio-voters-pass-a-majority-of-school-levies-on-primary-ballot.

School districts across Northeast Ohio are asking for renewal or additional levies at the polls Tuesday Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/voters-to-decide-fate-of-20-school-levies-in-northeast-ohio.

Fernway Elementary School in Shaker Heights will reopen with major upgrades in August of 2020 after a roof fire. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/shakers-fernway-elementary-school-rises-from-the-ashes.

Diacon came to Kent in 2012 after working as deputy chancellor the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Detailed show notes at https://www.ideastream.org/news/kent-state-university-names-todd-diacon-as-new-president.