Parma City Schools

This will be the district’s fourth consecutive attempt to get a bond issue approved, with the last attempt failing in November last year. The bond would be used to construct a centralized high school as the district looks to close two high schools to trim costs.

A Parma City School District Board of Education member has resigned after she was arrested on a charge of forgery last week.

Amanda Karpus, the vice president of the board of education, was arrested Wednesday and appeared in Parma Municipal Court, where the case was bound over to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. She was released on her own recognizance.

Public schools across Ohio have seen numbers of meals provided to kids plummet since the waiver expired and parents, advocates and politicians are seeking solutions to feed kids.

School districts across Northeast Ohio have levies on the ballot this year for voters to consider. Getting those levies passed may be harder in some districts.

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The Parma City School District wanted to provide better protection from COVID-19 given the surge in case numbers in Cuyahoga county. The Beachwood City School district wanted to spend the beginning of the week implementing some safety steps.

Superintendent Charles Smialek says it will be "business as usual" for students who are old enough to be vaccinated, and for younger students who are not yet eligible, social distancing will be enforced when possible.

School districts in the Cleveland area seem to be receiving mixed results for their proposed levies during Tuesday's election.

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