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State switching to new system of grading academic performance
Enlarge Image School Superintendent Stan Heffner said the new system more accurately gauges school performance. Ohio is about to lose nearly 95 percent of its “excellent” schools. Last year, 382 school districts and charter schools received an A, or excellent rating, on state-issued report cards. If a new evaluation system the state plans to start [...]
Read More >>Two charging stations on tap for electric cars
Sunshine Review does not believe many of Ohio’s government web sites are top notch. Only 10 web sites, including the city of Columbus, Columbus City Schools, Franklin County and Westerville City School District, merited grades of “A” in a Sunshine Review analysis of the quanitity and quality of information available online to the public. Sunshine [...]
Read More >>Verizon Wireless will close Southfield calling center; 750 employees affected
By MATT MYFTIUmatt.myftiu@oakpress.com; Twitter: @MattMyftiu Verizon Wireless announced today that it will be closing its call center in Southfield by the end of June, and the move will affect 750 employees in Michigan. Verizon Wireless spokesperson Michelle Gilbert said the closure is part of Verizon’s overall call center restructuring; and a total of 3,175 employees [...]
Read More >>Boys basketball roundup: Watterson holds off Hartley comeback
Thursday March 8, 2012 6:02 AM Brian Jackson hit the go-ahead basket for Watterson, and then Hartley missed two free throws in the final seconds last night to give the Eagles a 45-42 victory in a Division II district tournament semifinal at Dublin Scioto. Matt Lehmann scored 14 points and Jake Brobst 10 to lead [...]
Read More >>Verizon Wireless will close Southfield calling center; 750 employees affected
By Matt MyftiuFor The News-Herald Verizon Wireless announced today that it will be closing its call center in Southfield by the end of June, and the move will affect 750 employees in Michigan. Verizon Wireless spokesperson Michelle Gilbert said the closure is part of Verizon’s overall call center restructuring; and a total of 3,175 employees [...]
Read More >>Jacob Matuska signs on as new recruit with Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Fighting Irish beat out other top name schools Larger Text Print E-mail 1 Comment Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish football team has recently confirmed another recruit for their 2013 recruiting class. Jacob Matuska, a Columbus, Ohio native, is projected to play as a defensive end for Notre Dame. NBC Sports reports that Matuska also had offers [...]
Read More >>The Wendy’s Company to Present at Three Investor Conferences in March
DUBLIN, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Wendy’s Company (NASDAQ: WEN) announced today that the Company plans to participate in three upcoming investor conferences. The conference details are as follows: The Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Consumer Conference at The Palace Hotel in New York City: The Company will present at 1:30 p.m. ET on March 7. Attending will be [...]
Read More >>Harris proposes audit of city utility bills
By David S. Owen ThisWeek Community Newspapers Wednesday March 7, 2012 2:27 PM City auditor Richard Harris asked city council’s finance committee Monday to have an outside company review Reynoldsburg’s utility bills for possible overcharges. Harris said the Utility Refund Corp. (URC), an authorized independent contractor based in Dublin, Ohio, specializes in auditing and analyzing [...]
Read More >>Union law issue in some Ohio legislative primaries – WKYC
<!– –> Tweet – A A A + <!– –> COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lingering voter anger over the state’s now-rejected collective bargaining law played out Tuesday as an issue in several state legislative primaries. Contenders in the primary contests included educators and other public workers who were against the union-limiting bill passed last spring [...]
Read More >>1 Seriously Injured In Northeast Side Crash
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – A woman is taken to an area hospital with serious to life-threatening injuries after a crash involving three vehicles in the northbound lanes of Interstate 270 Wednesday evening. Deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Westerville medics responded to the northbound lanes of I-270 on the city’s Northeast Side on a [...]
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