Browse past news stories for Ottawa Elementary School in Ottawa, OH.

• Code Red: Ottawa Elementary, city emergency responders train for possible crisis (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 05:25:53 am
  Shots fired and students down at Jefferson Elementary School brought in Ottawa emergency personnel Tuesday afternoon. But while the scenario was realistic, it was only a drill. Each year, the state mandates school districts perform a mock crisis
• OES schedules tax levy hearing (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:41:33 am
  The Ottawa Elementary School Board of Education will conduct a Truth in Taxation hearing for the 2009 tax levy at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at Jefferson Elementary School. The regular board meeting will immediately follow the public hearing.
• OES OKs tentative levy, eyes tax rate drop (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 04:11:14 am
  The Ottawa Elementary School Board placed on file a tentative levy that will result in a drop to the tax rate. Superintendent Craig Doster presented information on the levy at the board meeting Tuesday. The district is requesting
• OES asks voters to OK building bond referendum (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 04:10:03 am
  Voters will be asked in February to consider the sale of building bonds to construct a new Central School. The Ottawa Elementary School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to place a referendum on the Feb. 2 ballot asking voters to
• Weekend: 2010-2011 kindergarten registration, parent/teacher conferences scheduled (The Findlay Courier)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 05:24:46 am
  OTTAWA -- Kindergarten registration for 2010-2011 school year and parent/teacher conferences have been scheduled at Ottawa Elementary School for Nov. 23 and Nov. 24.
• Schools grapple with subgroups and standardized testing (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:34:03 am
  Topic: Standardized test scores of subgroups under No Child Left Behind legislation and how that impacts school districts. What happened? In 2002, the federal government enacted No Child Left Behind legislation that required 100 percent of students in
• OES board opts to keep proposed Central building at 500 capacity (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:48:59 am
  The intended scope of a proposed new structure to replace the flooded Central School building will remain at the same size the board approved earlier this year. During a special meeting Thursday, the Ottawa Elementary School board considered reducing
• Hancock Co. traffic deaths already equal 2008's total (The Findlay Courier)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:16:53 am
  The number of traffic deaths in Hancock County this year already has equaled 2008's total with two months to go, according to State Highway Patrol statistics.
• High school student charged in break-ins (The Findlay Courier)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:16:39 am
  A Findlay High School student has been arrested in connection with a series of break-ins at University of Findlay offices.
• Smell returns near house of suspected serial killer (The Findlay Courier)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:15:52 am
  CLEVELAND -- A stench around the home of a suspected serial killer returned stronger than ever Wednesday as police searched the house next door for more bodies and carried out bags of evidence.
• OES plans special meeting (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 06:34:56 am
  The Ottawa Elementary School Board of Education will conduct a special meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Central Elementary School, in the old Wal-Mart building. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss Central School's building situation.
• CENTRAL SCHOOL: Best, worst cases for taxpayers spelled out (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 05:42:01 am
  The best and worst cases for taxpayers were brought out at a meeting of the Ottawa Elementary School Board Thursday night, regarding a solution to the Central School problem. In a best case, Superintendent Craig Doster said a property
• Safety first (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 05:57:21 am
  The Times/Doug Larson Jack Stevenson is helped out of a bus emergency exit by Darcy Armstrong, assistant dispatcher at the Ottawa Elementary School District Transportation Department and head safety instructor, while Amy Lenhausen waits her turn Tuesday afternoon at
• New time and place for OES meeting (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 03:58:01 am
  The meeting location and time have changed for an Ottawa Elementary School Board special meeting Thursday. The 7 p.m. meeting will be at Central School (former Wal-Mart). The board also will meet in closed session to discuss acquisition of property
• Audience to OTHS: Arbitrate (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 03:27:05 am
  Audience members impacted by the Ottawa Township High School teachers' union strike are looking for just one thing
• OES board plans discussion of Central (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 04:28:03 am
  The Ottawa Elementary School Board of Education will host a special meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the district office to discuss the future of Central School. The board also will meet in closed session to discuss acquisition of property
• Health Calendar: 10/15/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 11:43:31 am
  The Health calendar is published weekly. Information to be included can be mailed to the Record-Eagle, 120 W. Front St., Traverse City, MI 49684; faxed to 946-8632; e-mailed to sbeach@record-eagle.com or delivered to: 120 W. Front St. Traverse City.
• Co-workers, colleagues, community mourn (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 05:42:14 am
  "He was a good man of great ideas." With a shaking voice, Ottawa Elementary School District Superintendent Craig Doster praised the life of John V. Harrison, as the educator was "still attempting to process" the news of Harrison's
• Health Calendar: 10/08/2009 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 11:43:13 am
  Flu shots, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 11, through Cadillac Family Physicians, $20, bring Medicare Insurance information; St. Ann Parish, 800 W. 13th St., Cadillac; 775-1714.
• News From Home (Arizona Daily Star)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 07:11:38 am
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• Colleagues, loved ones gather to remember Jefferson teaching assistant (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 06:04:19 am
  For 23 years, Linda Naeve had a unique relationship with her teaching assistant, Linda Payne. The two were "married" for the school year, spending most of the day together in Naeve"s self-contained special education classroom for grades kindergarten
• Ottawa school district gets $12.3 million to replace school (WGN TV Chicago)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 09:58:38 pm
  OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — Federal officials will award $12.3 million to a north central Illinois school district that was flooded last year.
• FEMA comes through with $12.3 million for Central School (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 02:34:19 pm
  Ottawa Elementary School officials received good news from the Federal Emergency Management Agency about the future of Central School. Following an appeal of an earlier ruling, the district has been awarded approximately $12.3 million from FEMA to
• OES expects FEMA decision by Thursday (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 03:31:02 am
  The Ottawa Elementary School Board expects to have more information from the federal government regarding the future of Central School before the end of this week. In a phone interview Tuesday afternoon, Superintendent Craig Doster said he believes the
• OES scores make the grade, but special need scores fall short (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 06:02:43 am
  Overall scores of Ottawa Elementary School students on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test met the benchmark under Illinois' interpretation of No Child Left Behind. But special education scores fell short. This year, 70 percent of students were required to
• OES approves deficit budget (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 06:02:33 am
  Deficit spending will continue to plague the Ottawa Elementary School District for 2009-2010, made worse by the uncertainty of whether the state and federal government will come through with promised funding. The district listed $1 million for expenses to
• OES expects FEMA decision on Central within a week (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 05:32:43 am
  The Ottawa Elementary School District should know within a week whether the federal government will help pay for the cost of a new school building to replace Central School, damaged by flooding last September. During a school board meeting
• Homemade bomb found in Ottawa schoolyard (Canada.com)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 06:59:33 pm
  An improvised explosive device was found Sunday morning in the schoolyard of an Ottawa elementary school.
• Character Counts looking for businesses of character (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 06:00:36 am
  The Ottawa Character Counts Coalition is accepting nominations for Businesses of Character. A Business of Character practices values such as trustworthiness, respect, fairness, caring, citizenship and responsibility. Nomination forms are available at any Ottawa elementary school and the
• OES plans meeting to set goals (The Ottawa Times)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 04:30:16 am
  Ottawa Elementary School Board of Education will host a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at the district office, 320 W. Main St. The purpose of the meeting is to work on setting board goals. The meeting is