By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Budget woes in Jonathan Alder Local Schools became personal on Monday, as the board of education voted to abolish four teaching jobs and three support positions to save money next year. One additional teaching job and five support positions were reduced to part-time. School board members also cut 23 [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor The trophies are identical except for the fact that the figurine on the top of one is gold and the other silver. There are also the words Division II state champion on the one with the little gold guy and Division II state runner-up on the other. The Jonathan Alder baseball [...]
PRINGBORO, Ohio (AP) — Board members of a southwest Ohio school district are keeping on the table a proposal to add creationism to the curriculum. Despite an outcry from some parents and civil rights groups, the Springboro Board of Education decided Tuesday night to allow for future discussion of that and other contested issues. “I [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor The Jonathan Alder baseball team will be making its fourth straight appearance in a Division II regional tournament Thursday when it tangles with Springfield Shawnee at the University of Dayton at 5 p.m., so don’t expect the Pioneers to be overwhelmed by the moment. Then again coach Craig Kyle guarantees [...]
I’d never think of going into the kitchen of a 5-star restaurant and suggesting to the head chef that he should to do something different with the way he prepares his signature dish. I love to eat, know my way around a kitchen and know that sugar and salt look alike but serve completely different [...]
By Chris Miles Sports Editor There were plenty of highs and lows for the Madison County high school track and field teams competing in district tournaments last week. When the Division II meets at Westerville South and the D-III meet at Hamilton Township ended Saturday, all four county teams had at least one individuals [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer Jonathan Alder Local Schools will slash $1.3 million in expenses from next year’s budget, following action by the board of education on Thursday, May 23. More than 100 teachers, parents and community members gathered at the high school for a special school board meeting. They came to hear details [...]
LANCASTER — One big inning is all the Jonathan Alder baseball team needed to claim its fourth straight Division II District title. The fourth-seeded Pioneers (21-8) scored four times in the bottom of the second inning and made it stand up, topping No. 6 Watterson, 4-3, in a game played at Beavers Field in Lancaster. [...]
