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Winton schools creating vision
First look at area cross country
Area high school cross country athletes are making a run for successful fall seasons. Check out the sports section for a look at local teams and visit the sports blog online for more sports content, cincinnati.com/blogs/ presspreps. – SEE STORY, A5
By Rob Dowdy
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Voters say no
Mount Healthy school district voters defeated a proposed school levy last week. The district says they will try again in November. – SEE STORY, A2
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A night out
Timothy James, 11, and Brian Anderson, 9, above, make friends with Justice and his handler Cincinnati Police Officer Roberta Hais at the National Night Out celebration at College Hill Presbyterian Church Aug. 2. The night out offered free food, entertainment by Most Wanted, activities and a Unity Walk to promote a sense of community in College Hill. Officers from District 5, area firefighters and residents from the community of College Hill participated.
Back to school
Teachers and staff at schools are getting ready for a new school year. Winton Woods reports the week of Aug. 15. – SEE STORY, A3
At left, Dewayne Moore, 8, tries out a safety harness with the assisitance of Cincinnati Firefighter/EMT Scott Shaw, and 4-year-old Ronnice Dumblefield lifts the youth armed with the power of pulleys at the National Night Out.
Finneytown schools to share principals By Heidi Fallon hfallon@communitypress.com
Accredited again
The Greenhills Police Department will continue as a nationally accredited department after being awarded the designation at a awards banquet last month. – SEE STORY, A3
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Finneytown elementary students will be seeing new faces in the principal’s office this year. Stephanie Kessling will extend her administrative duties to include Brent Elementary School this year. She’s been principal at Whitaker Elementary School the past four years and was at Cottonwood for two. Therese Hunt, previously an assistant principal at the secondary campus, now will be the assistant for the two elementaries. This is her fourth year with the Finneytown district. Kessling said they will have offices at each school and divide their time between the two buildings. The district opted not to replace Marianne Tranter when she retired as Brent principal last year. “It’s a financial measure, but it also allows for better consistency at the elementary level,” Kessling said. “Students will be seeing the same faces throughout their elementary experience and we will be able to stay connected with our parents.”
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Stephanie Kessling, left, and Therese Hunt will be sharing administrative duties at Brent and Whitaker elementaries when school resumes in the Finneytown Local School District Aug. 24. Hunt will not be replaced at the secondary level, but social studies teacher Megan Rivet now will be dean of students as well as teaching. David Kennedy will remain as the sole assistant principal at the secondary level. Also new this year for the district is the change in the extended care program. Due to the pending demolition of Cottonwood Elementary School, district programs that have been
housed in that building are being relocated. Brent Elementary has been selected as the new location for the extended care program. Operating hours for the program will remain the same. Nancy Buescher will remain as the program coordinator. Students in grades 3-6 who participate in the program, will be transported by bus between Brent and Whitaker.
FOREST PARK – While students are looking forward to the upcoming school year, Winton Woods City Schools officials are looking toward the next decade. During a special Winton Woods City Schools Board of Education meeting Aug. 2, the board began the long process of creating a 10-year vision statement. The statement is a Nasbe long-range plan for the district. Superintendent Winton W o o d s Camille Nasbe schools is said the district getting the has been input from a f a c i l i t a t o r working for from the several years on University of becoming “a Cincinnati for first two regional hub for p l a n n i n g global studies.” meetings, and Winton Woods City Schools Board of Education President John Pennycuff said the district may seek another volunteer facilitator to help them finish the process. Pennycuff said the board and district officials are unfamiliar with the process, so he’s unsure when the vision statement will be completed. “I don’t know how many weeks or months this will take,” he said. Pennycuff said with so many aspects of education – particularly funding – changing in recent years, the vision statement could hopefully help the district remain focused during turbulent times. Superintendent Camille Nasbe said the district has been working for several years on becoming “a regional hub for global studies,” which is an area of focus for the district. “That’s where we’re headed,” she said. Nasbe said the district has installed its academy of global studies for the upcoming school year, and has hosted foreign exchange students and held Chinese summer camps in recent years. Pennycuff said the district is hoping to gain input from parent groups, civic groups, business leaders and residents while putting together the vision statement. For more about your community, visit www.cincinnati.com/local.