MAHONING COUNTY

MAHONING COUNTY

AUSTINTOWN

Administration: Bethany Batdorff, assistant intermediate school principal at Frank Ohl; Carole Sutton, Woodside Elementary School principal.

BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CENTRAL

The school has lowered tuition for the new school year in an effort to attract more pupils. The cost for parishioners will drop from $1,700 to $1,650 and, for nonparishioners, from $2,400 to $2,350. It will decrease more if parents take out a tuition loan through the Diocese of Youngstown Federal Credit Union.

CARDINAL MOONEY

Curriculum: Personal finance, marketing and multimedia courses added to the business department; Addition of a semester-long calculus course; course in oceanography and weather added to the science program.

Renovations: Fire alarm system replaced and upgraded.

JACKSON-MILTON

Administration: Kirk Baker, superintendent; Dave Vega, high school principal; Joe DiLoreto, elementary school principal.

Renovations: Construction of the new Middle School/High School has begun. The new facility is to open for the 2009-10 school year.

LOWELLVILLE

CURRICULUM: A computer lab has been added at the high school, and 10th-graders will be offered an ACT test preparation course this year.

Renovations: The football field has been completed renovated.

POLAND

Curriculum: All-day kindergarten added in all elementary schools; expanded preschool for 3-4-year-olds to become an all-day program; added Italian language and sign language courses as high school electives; new computer lab at McKinley Elementary; added new computers for eighth-graders at the middle school through a state grant.

Renovations: Renovated and updated high school physics lab; two additional classrooms added and one existing room remodeled as a classroom at the high school; district offices moved to the old shop area of the high school with the district offices at Union Elementary converted to classrooms; stadium renovation in progress; upgraded security entrances at Dobbins, McKinley, North, the middle school and Union.

ST. JOSEPH THE PROVIDER

Curriculum: The computer lab has been expanded with the addition of six new units.

SEBRING

Renovations: The district has built a new, all-weather track at the high school.

STAMBAUGH CHARTER ACADEMY

Administration: Kathleen Grinwis, principal.

STRUTHERS

Administration: Christina Hughes, middle school associate principal.

URSULINE

Administration: Monsignor Kenneth Miller, associate principal; Matthew Sammartino, director of admissions.

Curriculum: The purchase of a wireless computer laboratory is under way.

Renovations: The construction of a Victory Bell Tower, phase two of the Bryson Street Gateway project, is being completed; and a major asbestos abatement project was done this summer. Wiring of the building for complete Internet access is being completed.

WEST BRANCH

Administration: Sherri Kitzmiller, director of special services; John Ault, athletic director; Matthew Bowen, Damascus Elementary School principal; Larry Stuckey, maintenance director; Roger Kitzmiller, Beloit Elementary School principal.

Curriculum: A pilot program implemented last year for an all day/every day kindergarten will be continued this year. At the high school, all new ninth-graders will be offered Freshman Focus to help them transition from middle to high school.

YOUNGSTOWN CITY

Administration: Linda Blama, supervisor of special-needs preschool and related services — occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and hearing; Larry Johnson, Alpha dean; Janet Write, Alpha dean; Marilyn Mastronarde, Chaney dean facilitator; Wanda Clark, Williamson Elementary principal; Dorothy Davis, Hayes Middle School principal; Bev Schumann, Kirkmere Elementary principal; Debbie DiFrancesco, Berry Middle School principal; Debbie Hagg, Taft Elementary principal; Michael Flood, Odyssey assistant principal; Diana Walton, Volney Rogers principal; Diane Guarnieri, Harding Elementary principal; Diane Hunsbarger, Harding assistant principal.

RENOVATIONS: Two new buildings open this fall — Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary and Paul C. Bunn Elementary; major renovations at Choffin Career & Technical Center are nearing completion.

TRUMBULL COUNTY

BRISTOL

Administration: Christopher Dray, elementary principal.

GIRARD

Curriculum: A STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) initiative will be launched, focusing on technology in the junior high, biomedical science in the high school and a “World In Motion” in both the elementary and intermediate schools.

Renovations: Groundbreaking for the now junior-senior high school is planned for October; Phase one of the two-phase stadium renovations will include a new turf field, an eight-lane all-weather track, a new parking lot and new field lights.

WARREN JOHN F. KENNEDY

Administration: Brian Sinchak, junior/senior high school principal; Staci Raab, junior/senior high school dean of students; the Rev. Richard Murphy, president of Notre Dame Schools.

Curriculum: Core information technology service offerings upgraded; education technology upgraded to allow pupils, parents and educators to track academic progress; AP chemistry and AP chemistry lab added.

JOSEPH BADGER

Curriculum: A new elementary computer technology program giving pupils daily lessons using their own laptop computers; revamping high school English to include advanced classes in media, investigative research, communication and more; expansion of the art department programming to include new design, sculpture and architecture; a new 5-8 Ohio Achievement Test Intervention Program that will include use of computers and an after-school program.

LAKEVIEW

Financial constraints have forced the district to implement a pay-to-play arrangement for sports and extracurricular activities, and busing has been eliminated for high school students.

LIBERTY

Administration: Jason Menz, E.J. Blott Elementary School principal; Michael Palmer, dean of students at W.S. Guy Middle School.

Curriculum: Full-day kindergarten implemented; high school trimester modifications and increased core subject graduation requirements.

MCDONALD

Administration: Gary Carkido, high school principal.

WARREN

Administration: Mary Jo Cross, executive director, Department of Teaching and Learning; James Rasile, assistant high school principal; Jeffrey DeJulia, lead principal at Lincoln K-8; Treva Pytlik, K-2 pod leader at Lincoln; Carrie Boyer, K-2 pod leader at Jefferson site; Jim Mitolo, 3-5 pod leader at East site ; Dani Burns, 3-5 pod leader at Reserve site; Christopher Neifer, 6-8 pod leader at Reserve site; Bill Nicholson, 3-5 pod leader at Horace Mann site.

Renovations: The new 340,000-square-foot, $44 million Warren G. Harding High School will open this fall; the new 140,000-square-foot, $21.5 million Willard K-8 School is slated to open in early 2009 with pupils making a midyear transfer to the new facility; groundbreaking slated for this fall for the new McGuffey K-8 and Jefferson K-8 buildings.

COLUMBIANA COUNTY

BEAVER

Administration: Connie Shive, middle school assistant principal.

Curriculum: Math Investigations added for grades K-4; Study Island added for grades 3-9; new technology classes added for grades 5-8.

Renovations: A middle-school classroom converted to two multihandicap classrooms; new heating system at West Point Elementary as a result of flooding.

HEARTLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Curriculum: The school’s preschool program has been granted accreditation through the Association of Christian Schools International Early Education Accreditation Commission; Elementary pupils will have new phonics and language arts curriculum components; High school students will be offered several new courses, including advanced placement calculus. The school is joining the Ohio High School Athletic Association this year and adding varsity golf to its sports program. The school has recently added a second bus to its program and will provide transportation to pupils in the Austintown, Boardman, Canfield, Poland and Youngstown areas.

LEETONIA

Administration: Troy Radinsky, 7th-12th-grade principal.

SALEM

Administration: Lisa Whitacre: Southeast Elementary School principal; Cathy Sanor, director of technology, curriculum and federal programs.

Curriculum: New computer lab at Buckeye Elementary; two new computer labs at the high school.

Renovations: New security fences at Buckeye and Southeast elementary schools and additional security cameras in all buildings; high school science rooms renovated; high school greenhouse renovated; bleachers repaired and renovated at Reilly Stadium; high school locker room renovated.

ST. PAUL

Curriculum: Pupils and parents will have a personal, online learning center for class scheduling, attendance, grades, report cards, progress reports and more. Tuition and even lunch payments can be made online. The school has also been selected as a pilot school in the Youngstown Diocese to try electronic report cards. A grant from the Salem Community Foundation will pay for a SmartBoard for use in the computer lab.

SOUTHERN

Administration: Thomas Cunningham, K-6 principal; John Wilson, assistant principal.

Curriculum: A new multihandicap unit has been created.

UNITED

Parents are being encouraged to use the Internet and the eSIS Parent Assistant program to monitor their chid’s grades and attendance.

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

FARRELL

Administration: The Rev. Lora Adams-King, high school principal.

Renovations: New traffic patterns for discharging and picking up pupils will be implemented. Details will be announced later.

LAKEVIEW

Administration: Frank M. McClard, superintendent.

LAUREL

Administration: David Spalding, special-education administrator; Kevin Mahoney, elementary principal of student affairs.

Curriculum: Classrooms for the Future grant funding will provide infrastructure upgrades, laptop computers and professional development in the high school; Dual Enrollment grant funding will enable high school students to take college-level courses while still in high school.

Renovations: The junior/senior high school renovation project, which will include new classrooms, and administrative offices as well as general facility upgrades, is on schedule.

MERCER

Curriculum: A new math series will be introduced at the elementary school; French V and AP chemistry courses will be added at the high school; a new 7-12 alternative education class will be started this fall.

Renovations: Work continues on the Mercer Area Elementary School renovation, and some grade levels will be operating out of temporary classrooms during part of the year. The project will be completed in August 2009.

MOHAWK

Renovations: A major junior-senior high school renovation project started in the spring will continue over the next 18 months. Pupils won’t be relocated, and work will be done with school in session.

NEW CASTLE

Administration: Elizabeth Barber, technology supervisor; Ralph Litrenta, director of The Academy after-school program for nontraditional pupils.

REYNOLDS

Administration: District looking to fill a vacant assistant high school principal’s post.

SHARON

Curriculum: Promoting Re-Education Principles program being implemented in the elementary schools in cooperation with Mercer County Behavioral Health and the Community Counseling Center; special-education reading program enhanced in grades seven through 12; literature element added to seventh- and eighth-grade reading programs.

SHARPSVILLE

Curriculum: New social studies series added at the elementary school; Mandarin Chinese courses added at the middle and high schools; family consumer science replaces industrial arts for grade seven.

WILMINGTON

Administration: Kenneth Jewell, high school principal.

Sources: Individual school districts