February 13, 2011
Winter storms a true ‘calamity’ for local schools By JIM FISCHER and BONNIE BUTCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Marysville schools were closed for three days earlier this month, doubling the number of “calamity days” the district has used in the 2010-11 school year. The district was already at the three-day limit for the year. For the 2010-11 school year, schools are allowed to have three canceled school days. Any school days canceled after that number must be made up. “You can’t run if the roads aren’t safe,” Marysville Exempted Village School Superintendent Larry Zimmerman said. “I don’t want to put our buses and drivers out there in those conditions.” Zimmerman said travel time is also considered when calling for a delay or cancellation. Additionally, the ice last week “made it really hard. We struggled even to get our own sites ready,” he said. Ohio public school districts may get a muchneeded reprieve on snow days from the General Assembly. During Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration, the number of allotted calamity days was decreased, incrementally, with 2010-11 getting three. The current Ohio legislature is considering a bill to allow schools to have five canceled, or calamity, days, said state Rep. Casey Kozlowski (R-Conneaut), who represents the 99th District. House Bill 36, if approved, would increase the number of allowed calamity days to five from three. It also has an emergency clause that would See WINTER STORMS, page A2
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Outgoing city administrator Jillian Froment laughs as police Chief Floyd Golden reads a proclamation making Froment an honorary Marysville police officer during an open house held in her honor Wednesday, Feb. 9. Froment is leaving for a position with the Ohio Department of Insurance.
Council praises departing administrator By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The search for a new Marysville city administrator is about to begin. City administrator Jillian Froment, who has accepted a position with the Ohio Department of Insurance, attended her last city council meeting on Feb. 10. Froment was presented a proclamation at the city council meeting recognizing her for outstanding service to the community from 20082011. Council president John Gore read the proclamation. It said Froment “inspired and led council and the administrative staff to work together as a stronger team to build a stronger Marysville” and set in motion the future course of the new safety service facility by coordinating the effort to pass a successful tax issue. “We hereby commend you for your service as
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with humor and let us know ‘It’s all good.’You will be missed. We will reap the benefits of your careful planning and wise leadership for many years to come.” Gore personally thanked Froment for her service to the city. “We wish you all the luck in the world. You have been a tremendous asset to this community. We will always remember you. We’ve made a pretty good team for the last three years. It’s like one of our teammates decided to go into the draft early.” Marysville Mayor Chris Schmenk said the search for her replacement has not been started but it will be a wide open search. CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION “We are actively involved with several muON JILLIAN FROMENT nicipal organizations in the state,” she said. The position will be advertised with those orcity administrator,” the proclamation reads. “Your ganizations as well as the media, and the city day-to-day management helped us solve small welcomes as many potential candidates as posand large crisis. You always diffused a situation sible to apply for the position, she said.
We hereby commend you for your service as city administrator. Your day-to-day management helped us solve small and large crisis. You always diffused a situation with humor and let us know ‘It’s all good.’ You will be missed. We will reap the benefits of your careful planning and wise leadership for many years to come.
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School board gives finance committee topics to study By JIM FISCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers
There is no shortage of topics of discussion for the finance committee of a local school district. In fact, those topics are being discussed to avoid another shortage — of funds. The Marysville Exempted Village School District Board of Education recently gave its finance committee a list of areas to consider for additional study.
be invaluable, board President Jeff Mabee said. Mabee, with board member Doug Lassiter, serves as board liaison to the From a list of nine suggestions, the committee has prioritized two to committee. address initially: identifying the cost of a state minimum requirement K“We typically ask the finance com12 education and an attendant cost analysis of noncore. Low-enrollment mittee to look at (topics) and give recclasses; and potential cost savings in health, dental and vision insurance ommendations,” Mabee explained. “We options for district employees. try and let them do that as independently as possible.” Having individuals with financial Given the uncertainty about state sues, including declining tax revenues funding for education in the new gov- and cost-saving measures, having ad- backgrounds to serve means the comernor’s budget, combined with local is- ditional input on financial matters can mittee “is set up perfectly for creative
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ideas,” Lassiter said. From a list of nine suggestions, the committee has prioritized two to address initially: identifying the cost of a state minimum requirement K-12 education and an attendant cost analysis of noncore. Low-enrollment classes; and potential cost savings in health, dental and vision insurance options for district employees. The former would be done in conSee SCHOOL BOARD, page A2
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A closer look
Marysville City Council ap- Council president John Gore proved spending nearly $27,000 asked what was being done to fix the municipal building el- to accommodate visitors to evator during its Feb. 10 meet- the building with special ing. needs. Administrator Jillian City administrator Jillian Fro- Froment said if someone was ment said the elevator did not unable to get to the second pass its annual inspection. floor, a staff member would “The underground hydraulic be sent to the first floor. lift cylinder is coming loose,” she said. “It needs to be fixed imme- it on the consent calendar and diately for the safety and health wave the three readings to get it concern of employees who use it See COUNCIL, page A3 on a daily basis. We need to place
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Winter storms a true ‘calamity’ for area schools Continued from page A1 make it effective immediately, said Kozlowski, whose constituents are in northeast Ohio. “One thing to remember is the safety of our children,” he said. “This bill will allow districts the discretion to use five calamity days. I feel that there could be pressure put on superintendents when making those decisions — extending the school year and making up days on holidays. The five calamity days has worked best for districts and bringing that number back up to
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You can’t run if the roads aren’t safe. I don’t want to put our buses and drivers out there in those conditions.
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five would be suitable.” The bill would allow a district to make up a calamity day by increasing the school day by halfhour increments. Such a provision exists in law already, but it can only be used if a district has had nine or more calamity days,
John Kasich. Kasich has been in support of having five calamity days. His spokesperson, Connie Wehrkamp said, the governor believes “that five calamity days is the right number and he wants to get it addressed this year so it impacts the current school year.
He knows it’s an important issue in weather-troubled areas.” Zimmerman said the number of calamity days is less of a concern to him than flexibility in how the days are made up, although he did say two more “would help.” “You typically don’t get good
attendance when you add days at the end of the year,” he said, adding that often, those days take schools past graduation. “It’s better educationally if you can add the time on to an existing day,” he said. jfischer@thisweeknews.com www.thisweeknews.com
Kozlowski said. H.B. 36 would allow the method to be used when districts reach six canceled days. The bill is being discussed in committee and is likely to go before the Ohio House in February. It would then need approval from the Ohio Senate and Gov.
School board gives finance committee topics to study Continued from page A1 junction with the district’s standards committee, which helps the board prioritize the district’s educational and co-educational programming. The committee may also work closely with the board to assess the district’s salary schedule. Lassiter had advocated a more independent approach to this subject, but Mabee expressed concerns over “delegating more authority than I’m comfortable with.” “I just felt that was a little bit over the line, given that (the board) is elected by the com-
munity,” he said. At the January board meeting, board member Tracy Greer suggested allowing the committee to work on this but with heavy board involvement. Finance committee chair Monty Staats said the group will work in subcommittees in an attempt to get as much done as possible. “We hope to bring even more folks into the process without expanding the committee itself,” he said. There is no timetable for a report from the committee, Staats said. jfischer@thisweeknews.com www.thisweeknews.com
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In 2007, state leaders expanded the homestead exemption to make property tax relief available to more than a half million additional senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled Ohioans. The homestead exemption dates back to 1971, and offers those who qualify the chance to shield part of their “homestead” — a dwelling and up to one acre — from property taxation. Until the expansion in 2007, most senior citizens and disabled Ohioans were excluded because of income tests. The redesigned exemption offers all eligible homeowners, regardless of income, the opportunity to shield up to $25,000 of the market value of their homestead from property taxation. That means a home valued at $100,000 will generally be taxed as if it was valued at $75,000. On average, those who qualify are saving $400 per year. Seniors aged 65 and older and disabled Ohioans must apply with their local county auditor in order to take advantage of the homestead exemption. Applications may be submitted after the first Monday in January and on or before the first Monday in June. For a copy of the application, visit http:// tax.ohio.gov/documents/forms/real_property/DTE_105 A.pdf.
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Continued from page A1 fixed as soon as possible.” Council president John Gore asked what was being done to accommodate visitors to the building with special needs. Froment said if someone was unable to get to the second floor, a staff member would be sent to the first floor. “It’s kind of scary to think what could happen if you got caught on it,” Gore said. Gore said he hates to invest the money into fixing the building but there is no choice. “We share your disappointment,” said Mayor Chris Schmenk. “That is a lot of money to have to invest in the building.” City council member Mark Reams asked when the inspection took place. Froment said the inspection occurred three weeks ago. City staff asked an elevator inspector to look at the elevator, hoping to fix it for $3,000 to $4,000, but that didn’t work out.
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Tax loss will have huge impact locally Have you ever allowed someone to take money from you with the promise they will return all they took? Most of us have. Have you ever had a situation where the person who asked for the money did not return it because they said they could not afford to pay you back? Hopefully not, but it is exactly the situation the Marysville community is now facing. In 2005, the state of Ohio eliminated a local tax called tangible personal property. The tax was collected on business and industry … (it is) tax on inventory, equipment/machinery, etc. The tax change was part of a tax code change to spur business growth in Ohio. In my opinion, the change was necessary to assist with business and industrial growth, but the issue locally was and still is, once that tax disappeared, what would replace it? The state said it would. When the state of Ohio eliminated the tax, it promised to replace it. It held the tax loss “harmless” until this year, but now elimination is scheduled to start through a planned phase-out. Replacing that tax loss is a big deal because in 2005, the tax represented approximately 30 percent of all taxes collected locally — hardly what we would call small potatoes. That represents over $10-million for Marysville schools alone and more than $16-million for all other township and Union County agencies. As I said, when it was eliminated, it was announced that all Ohio communities would be held harmless and that promise was told to our local leaders over and over from state leadership. Now, due to the planned phase-out by the state of Ohio, the promise we once heard is on the verge of being broken. The state eliminated a local tax source, created another one at the state level (CAT tax), and now may not replace the local one. Marysville schools, along with the Union County commission-
ers, the city of Marysville, the Union County Health Department, Union County Developmental Disabilities LARRY (Harold Lewis ZIMMERMAN School), Union County sheriff and 9-1-1, and Allen Township are all concerned. We have been working together on what is one of the most serious tax loss issues ever to impact Union County and the Marysville community. In total, the agencies above would have to replace more than 30 mills of tax of what was once local tax money if the tangible personal property is totally phased-out and eliminated. I’m not sure local taxpayers should be very happy voting in new tax money that only replaces what the state of Ohio took away. As superintendent of schools and as a local taxpayer, I am very, very concerned. What we are hearing from Columbus is that they cannot afford to repay the community for a tax they took away due to the large state budget deficit they now have. Our local group has asked,
“How can the state of Ohio take a local tax away from the local communities and not hold that community harmless?” Yes, the state may need the money, but doesn’t the community need it also? If the state does not repay the community, it is, in effect, forcing the community to raise funds only because the state took tax dollars away in the first place. Essentially, that represents a tax shift by adding the tax burden to local taxpayers. As a group, we have met with state leadership. We appreciate all that Dave Burke, our state representative, and Karen Gillmor, our state senator, have been doing for us. They understand the issues well. We need others to understand just as well. As a citizen, please pay attention to the budget process now occurring in Columbus. It has a huge potential impact on your community — maybe more than you were aware. Tangible personal property needs to be held harmless as this community was promised. Larry Zimmerman is superintendent of the Marysville Exempted Village School District.
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Courtney Gastineau (center) and the Marysville girls basketball team celebrate after a 35-31 come-from-behind victory over visiting Dublin Jerome on Feb. 8.
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The Monarchs’ Jeni Jordan directs the offense during the win over Dublin Jerome on Feb. 8.
The Marysville High School girls basketball team might be playing its best at the right time. The Monarchs entered their Feb. 11 contest against Westerville North on a two-game winning streak, defeating Fairbanks 35-24 in a non-league game on Feb. 5 and beat Dublin Jerome 35-31 in an OCC-Cardinal Division contest on Feb. 8. The victories provided a confidence boost as Marysville prepares for the Division I district tournament. The Monarchs play a first-round game against MarionFranklin on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Westerville Central. Marysville is seeded 32nd in the tournament and MarionFranklin, which plays in the City League-South, is seeded 30th. The winner will play second-seeded Northland on Feb. 23 at Central. “I think we’re finally realizing all the potential we have and we’re putting it together,” senior guard Courtney Gastineau said. “Unfortunately, it was so late in the season, but it’s something that we’ve had all season.” Against Fairbanks, Jeni Jordan and Olivia Kriel led the Monarchs with eight points apiece. Jordan and Katy Turner led the way against Jerome with eight points each as the Monarchs avenged a 46-37 loss to the Celtics on Jan. 5. Marysville outscored Jerome
At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Marysville boys basketball, girls basketball, swimming & diving and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Feb. 4 — Lost to Westerville South 83-39. Steve Romesburg led Marysville with 10 points. *Feb. 8 — Lost to Dublin Jerome 5035. Romesburg scored 15 points. *Feb. 11 — Played Westerville North Feb. 14 — At Bellefontaine in makeup from Feb. 1 *Feb. 18 — Home vs. Dublin Scioto. The Irish beat Marysville 61-50 on Jan. 14. Of note: The Monarchs were 5-12 overall and 2-10 in the OCC-Cardinal before Feb. 11. GIRLS BASKETBALL *Feb. 4 — Lost to Westerville South 50-26 Feb. 5 — Defeated Fairbanks 35-24 *Feb. 8 — Def. Jerome 35-31 *Feb. 11 — Played Westerville North
12-4 in the fourth quarter. “I was very proud the way our kids played against Jerome,” coach Aric Tucker said. “We got down by four (27-23) to start the fourth quarter. There were games early in the year where we wouldn’t give up, but we wouldn’t be able to find a way to win it.” Jordan was averaging 12.9 points, leading the team in scoring through 18 games. Marion-Franklin is 7-12 overall and finished 6-8 in the CitySouth. The Red Devils’ key players include Danisha Barwick, Sharde’ Davis and Lydia Williams. “I heard that Marion-Franklin
Feb. 12 — Played Westland Feb. 16 — Marion-Franklin in first round of Division I district tournament, 6 p.m. at Westerville Central. The winner will play second-seeded Northland, 6 p.m. Feb. 23 at Central. Of note: The Monarchs were 5-13 overall and 3-10 in the OCC-Cardinal before Feb. 11. SWIMMING & DIVING Feb. 12 — Competed in Division I sectional meet at Upper Arlington Feb. 18-19 — District meet at Ohio State WRESTLING *Feb. 4 — Defeated Scioto 49-13 *Feb. 9 — Lost to Olentangy Liberty 3533 Feb. 10 — Def. Jonathan Alder 40-27 and Westfall 60-12 Feb. 19 — Division I sectional tournament at home Of note: The Monarchs finished 4-3 in the OCC-Cardinal. *OCC-Cardinal contest
will press you the whole game and try to run,” said Tucker, who has not seen the Red Devils play this season. •The wrestling team plays host to a Division I sectional tournament on Saturday, Feb. 19, and expects to contend for the title. The Monarchs are tied for fifth with Dublin Coffman and Hilliard Darby behind top-ranked Olentangy Liberty in the area coaches poll. The 13-team sectional includes Darby and Hilliard Davidson, which is ranked second in the area See MONARCHS, page A6
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Love of basketball evident for Gahanna star Taylor Stevie Taylor is a whirlwind. The dynamic and diminutive leader of the Gahanna Lincoln High School boys basketball team seems to be everywhere on the court when he plays. The 5-foot-11 point guard is either setting up a teammate, scoring a basket or causing confusion for opponents with his defense — and it has been that way for four years. I recall hearing about Taylor when he was in middle school and his reputation has continued to build throughout his high school career. In his last 44 games, the team that he has led has lost just two times — 58-48 to Pickerington North on Feb. 4
and 62-50 in a Division I state semifinal last March against eventual champion Massillon Jackson. Taylor is a winner. His drive and passion for basketball are obvious. He has passed LARRY those attributes onto LARSON his teammates at Gahanna, and he will do the same next season when he begins playing at Ohio University. “My drive to be successful begins with my family,” Taylor said. “I feel like I have a lot of responsibility car-
rying my last name. My brother, Robbie, was a Gahanna Lincoln graduate in 2008 and he paved the way for me to be who I am, and I also feel great responsibility to represent the community of Gahanna. “The other thing that pushes me to succeed are my critics. Some people look at the fact that I am under 6 feet tall and sort of skinny and think that I’m not physically strong enough to compete at a high level and I am always out to prove them wrong. I have been provided with the opportunity to show younger students that if you make the most of what ability you have, then you can be successful.
“As point guard and as our leader, I take personally how we do on the court. If we lose, I feel like I have failed my teammates, my school and my community, so I continue to hope I can take the excellent coaching I have had and use it to execute our game plan.” In its run to a state semifinal last season, Gahanna upset Northland, the No. 1 team in most national polls at the time, 71-45 in a regional final, snapping the Vikings’ 37-game winning streak. “Last year made such a difference in all of our basketball lives,” Taylor said. “We found out that hard work and believing in yourself truly pays off and
that has resulted in a great team attitude this year. We are a cohesive group and we have nine seniors who relate well with each other. We all back each other up and we enjoy being with each other, and we really enjoy bringing students together within our school and helping to unify our Gahanna community.” In my long tenure interviewing high school athletes, there are a great number who light up and visibly show you how much they love their sport, and Taylor is a perfect example of that. When he talks basketball with you, he See LARSON, page A6
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LARSON Continued from page A5 displays that same electric personality he shows when he is on the court. “Oh how I love the atmosphere of basketball,” he said. “I love having a team all having the same goal and that is simply to win. I will cherish all the wonderful memories this sport has provided me — going to Italy, playing AAU ball all over the country and, most of all, playing for Gahan-
na Lincoln. I have traveled the world by bouncing a basketball and bouncing that ball has provided me a chance for a college education and maybe what I love most; maybe when my mind is most free of problems and I am most relaxed is when it is just a hoop, the ball and me.” Anyone who has seen Taylor play will understand. Anyone who hasn’t seen him play should do so in the coming weeks. I’ll see you at a game.
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Tyanna Parks of the Monarchs races upcourt after stealing the ball from Jerome’s Sarah Auker (left) on Feb. 8.
MONARCHS on it. At this point of the year you’re trying to focus on little things that are going to make a difference in matches. Regardless of whether you win a dual meet, you’re focused on an individual match, an individual kid, trying to point out the little things that need to change between now and the sectional, and hopefully district and state tournament.” Sophomore Noah Forrider, who finished eighth at state last year at 119, expects similar success this postseason. He is 30-7 this season wrestling at various middle weights. “We want to win sectionals, win districts and place at state,” Forrider said. “We seem to wrestle better in our own gym.” Other wrestlers expected to contribute in the postseason include David Sparks at 103/112 (296), Tyler Miller at 152/160 (23-7) and Morgan Miller at 189 (18-7).
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and 10th in the state. “The only advantage that I think you have is it’s in your gym, it’s your locker room, it’s your mats,” Marysville coach Shawn Andrews said. “But at the end of the day it’s still six minutes, it’s still the other guy on the other side, so there’s not like a home field advantage like you might have in some other sports.” Last season, Marysville won the Watkins Memorial sectional (239 points) and went on to win the district tournament (188.5) ahead of second-place Springboro (139.5). The Monarchs qualified eight wrestlers for the state tournament and finished fourth (64.5) behind champion Wadsworth (172). Andrews believes his team is ready for another strong postseason run. “We’re slowly but surely getting there,” Andrews said. “Every week we’re trying to build www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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800-345-1895 Monday-Thursday 9AM-8PM, Friday 9AM-6PM • Saturday 9AM-5PM • Sunday Closed ONLY 15 MINUTES FROM DUBLIN!