By Patty Rice Groth — Inquirer Correspondent - Galion City School District director of curriculum Dr. Sandy Powell has presented the Board of Education with information regarding new student assessments requirements coming from the Ohio Department of Education in the wake of approval of Senate Bill 210 (signed into law in June of 2010). Starting in the […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter The Iberia and Johnsville school properties are officially going back to those communities. The Northmor Board of Education approved the sale of the land on which the old school buildings formerly sat at its regular meeting Thursday, March 15. The Perry/Congress Fire Department in Johnsville had won the Johnsville auction […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter The Class of 1940 is still changing Galion today. The North Central State College Foundation recently received a hefty donation from the estate of Billy M. Snyder, a 1940 Galion graduate, to bolster the Orange and Blue 21st Century scholarship fund. The check for $57,250 came with a letter from […]
By Kevin Begos and Thomas J. Sheeran Associated Press CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — The 17-year-old suspect in a deadly shooting rampage at an Ohio high school appeared briefly in juvenile court as residents of the shaken community offered sympathy and support for families and friends of the three students who were killed and two who were […]
Students from Galion Intermediate and Galion Primary schools gather with Dawn Burkholder, PTO president, around the two cardboard bins full of items to be sent to area troops deployed overseas. The schools collected the items during a donation drive last week after receiving word that the Support Galion Troops group had run out of items […]
CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — Gunfire at a high school outside Cleveland injured a number of students Monday morning, officials said, and at least one suspect has been taken into custody. Civil deputy Erin Knife with the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting was reported around 7:30 a.m. at Chardon High School. Knife said she […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Bingo might well be coming to Galion. The Galion Boosters Club announced that it has almost completed the process of getting a state bingo license from the attorney general and solicited community input at a special meeting Monday night, Feb. 6, at Galion High School. Scott Carpenter, Boosters secretary, presented […]