Columbus City Schools

The deadline for state and local governments to spend the remainder of their shares of $350 billion in federal COVID-19 recovery funds is Dec. 31, 2024.

Superintendent Angela Chapman presented a report to the Columbus Board of Education that outlines how a task force will decide which school buildings need to close.

A Columbus City Schools' spokesperson said there were no injuries and the unnamed student was detained by Columbus police.

The board voted 6-1 to hire South Carolina project management firm Sightlines LLC over objections from the NAACP and the board's president calling for the district to hire a more local firm.

Students in some central Ohio school districts are about a grade level behind in math compared to where they were in 2019.

The goals are for 3rd graders taking the Ohio Standardized Test for the current school year until the 2027-2028 school year, many of whom weren't in school yet when the pandemic began.

The students were arrested after an Instagram post showed them with guns on school grounds.

The roughly $100 million generated annually will be split between about $40 million for operations and $60 million for facility improvements.

Based on 2023 property values, the combined levy would cost property owners about $270 dollars for every $100,000 of appraised value.

Robert Pea pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution for paying for sex with a teen girl he met online in 2021. He was a teacher at Northland High School at the time.