I was pleased and very proud to learn this week that the New Boston School District has been selected by the Ohio Department of Education as one of only five schools in the entire state to participate in a case study on credit flexibility.
Credit flexibility options are alternatives to traditional in-class learning. Included is distance learning, online classes, travel studies, independent studies and other programs offered by the school. Credit flexibility was written into state law by former Governor Bob Taft and requires all school districts have flexibility policies in place by the start of the 2010-2011 school year.
The district is now developing a plan that starting next year will assign an academic adviser to each student. If students wish to take advantage of credit flexibility programs, they will have to submit a written proposal to their adviser and it will be considered by a committee made up of the course instructor, principal and guidance counselor.
The Ohio Department of Education has asked the school district to host a Web conference on April 15 to share their program with other districts across Ohio.
This is just another great asset for our community's young people. Congratulations to the New Boston School District staff and students.
Mike Payton
3-31-2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
NEW BOSTON APPLIES FOR $16.7 MILLION FOR VILLAGE PROJECTS
The Village of New Boston announced this past Wednesday it has applied for over $16 million in federal money from Senator Sherrod Brown's office.
Village Administrator Steve Hamilton has explained that the Village was invited by Senator Brown's office to apply for federal funding from Fiscal Year 2011. Three million dollars is projected to rehabilitate sanitary and storm sewers in the Village. Included in this project is repairing of man holes and piping that needs to be relined. The sewer rehabilitation project is part of a program mandated by the Ohio EPA.
Also requested is $500,000 to make improvements to Millbrook Park. Included are plans that would include new baseball fields, new fencing, walking paths, tennis and basketball courts.
Flood defense is where the largest amount of money was requested. Thirteen million dollars has been requested . Over the next few weeks, engineers will be in the village inspecting the floodwalls for the Army Corps of Engineers and according to Hamilton, the village has been ordered to commission its own study, at a cost of $300,000, to prepare for federal flood defense inspections next year.
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is, according to Hamilton, mandating villages, cities and other municipalities all comply with the updating of all flood defense programs around the country.
Mike Payton
3-12-2010
Village Administrator Steve Hamilton has explained that the Village was invited by Senator Brown's office to apply for federal funding from Fiscal Year 2011. Three million dollars is projected to rehabilitate sanitary and storm sewers in the Village. Included in this project is repairing of man holes and piping that needs to be relined. The sewer rehabilitation project is part of a program mandated by the Ohio EPA.
Also requested is $500,000 to make improvements to Millbrook Park. Included are plans that would include new baseball fields, new fencing, walking paths, tennis and basketball courts.
Flood defense is where the largest amount of money was requested. Thirteen million dollars has been requested . Over the next few weeks, engineers will be in the village inspecting the floodwalls for the Army Corps of Engineers and according to Hamilton, the village has been ordered to commission its own study, at a cost of $300,000, to prepare for federal flood defense inspections next year.
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is, according to Hamilton, mandating villages, cities and other municipalities all comply with the updating of all flood defense programs around the country.
Mike Payton
3-12-2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
DAYMAR COLLEGE RECEIVES CAMPUS OF YEAR HONORS
This past week it was announced that New Boston's Daymar College won Campus of the Year honors at the Daymar All-Schools Conference in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on February 26, 2010.
Additional awards honoring individual teachers and administrators include: Rebecca Mowery, President's Award; Cathy Clark, Instructor of the Year Award; and Mike Bell, Admission's Award for Outstanding Achievements and the Daymar Gold Key Award.
New Boston is very proud of Daymar College and its achievements. Since Daymar has come into New Boston, enrollment has jumped dramatically and the college has become a great friend to the various New Boston businesses, the local school district and the community. Daymar has sponsored little league teams, youth soccer teams and special programs for the school district.
During the March 2 New Boston Kiwanis meeting, Mike Bell announced that several new programs will be coming to Daymar in the near future and employment of additional instructors will be needed.
At this time the village is trying to help Daymar by working to provide additional parking area for the college's increasing enrollment. We have also worked with local landlords to provide housing for students.
I would like to offer my congratulations to all the Daymar staff and students for the great success they have achieved and also for helping move our village forward. There are few villages throughout this country that can boast of having a school system with new buildings and a successful college recognized nationwide for its success. I see this as a message to everyone that quality education is primary in our community. Daymar College has and will continue to make a great positive impact in New Boston.
Mike Payton
3-2-10
Additional awards honoring individual teachers and administrators include: Rebecca Mowery, President's Award; Cathy Clark, Instructor of the Year Award; and Mike Bell, Admission's Award for Outstanding Achievements and the Daymar Gold Key Award.
New Boston is very proud of Daymar College and its achievements. Since Daymar has come into New Boston, enrollment has jumped dramatically and the college has become a great friend to the various New Boston businesses, the local school district and the community. Daymar has sponsored little league teams, youth soccer teams and special programs for the school district.
During the March 2 New Boston Kiwanis meeting, Mike Bell announced that several new programs will be coming to Daymar in the near future and employment of additional instructors will be needed.
At this time the village is trying to help Daymar by working to provide additional parking area for the college's increasing enrollment. We have also worked with local landlords to provide housing for students.
I would like to offer my congratulations to all the Daymar staff and students for the great success they have achieved and also for helping move our village forward. There are few villages throughout this country that can boast of having a school system with new buildings and a successful college recognized nationwide for its success. I see this as a message to everyone that quality education is primary in our community. Daymar College has and will continue to make a great positive impact in New Boston.
Mike Payton
3-2-10
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