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Board members Jakubec, Benyo give farewells to school board

Ken Jakubec and Alex Benyo


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Spaghetti dinner for a Stambaugh teacher

Stambaugh Charter Academy wrapped its arms around family member and special education teacher Erin Boucher by hosting a spaghetti dinner in her honor


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Youngstown board objects to schools CEO’s leadership hires

The school board contends the district is top-heavy with administrators.


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C-SPAN bus stops in Mahoning Valley during tour of the country

Bold letters on the side of C-SPAN’s bus declare that the television network is “where history unfolds daily.” On Tuesday, Mahoning Valley students learned about some of that history when the bus visited Poland Seminary and Boardman high schools.


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Canfield school administrators return to the classroom

Prinicpals, program directors and the superintendent at Canfield Local Schools spent Tuesday running classes in each of the district’s schools.


Campbell High School seniors plant tulips

Campbell High School seniors plant tulips

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Harry Potter comes alive at Struthers school

Harry Potter comes alive at Struthers school

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Students become ‘mad scientists’ for a day

Students become ‘mad scientists’ for a day

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For 20 local families, Mooney sisters help save Christmas

Two Cardinal Mooney sisters who heard a story about a child growing up without a Christmas tree wanted to do their part to make sure others wouldn’t suffer the same fate – and the results surprised even them.


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Canfield chem students advance in national contest

Canfield High School juniors Jessica Lee, Philip Stanic and Tanner Tsvetkoff conduct an experiment related to a project to build a device that could curb E. coli’s presence in bodies of water. The students are in Tom Slaven’s advanced placement chemistry class, whose project advanced in a national contest.


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State groups back school board’s fight against HB 70

The Ohio School Boards Association, Buckeye Association of School Administrators and Ohio Federation of Teachers filed a “friend of the court” brief Tuesday on behalf of the Youngstown Board of Education’s legal battle against House Bill 70.

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Volunteers work together to provide gifts, necessities for Liberty kids

Sixty kids from the Liberty elementary school will receive gifts, a book, outfit, and board game for Christmas.


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Winter Festival brings Campbell community together

Families and community members come together for Campbell schools’ Winter Festival


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East students harmonize holiday performance

Lori Davis, an East Palestine bus driver, said the melodic sounds drew her to East’s auditorium while she waited for the East Palestine-East High basketball game in the gym to conclude


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Special-needs students enjoy annual Winterfest

Nathan Smith and Andrea West dance after being crowned Snow Prince and Princess during the 17th annual Winterfest dance for special-needs high-school students Wednesday at Mahoning Country Club in Girard. Joining them are Santa and Mrs. Claus.

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