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djohnson@mojonews.com Board member Linda Morris (right) was honored Tuesday by Reno Contipelli, the northeast regional manager for the Ohio School Boards Association, for her 25 years of service on the Southern Local Board of Education. SALINEVILLE — Southern Local’s Board of Education extended the contract of Superintendent Tom Cunningham as they look toward bringing back more students for next school year. “I’m overly excited to keep on working at Southern Local,” Cunningham said. �...

djohnson@mojonews.com SALINEVILLE — Utica Shale Academy students should soon be able to learn the basic skills of welding through a virtual welding machine. The USA board last week approved a partnership with Lincoln Welding and the purchase of a virtual Lincoln welder. Bill Watson, superintendent of the USA, told the board this machine allowed him, someone who had never welded before, to go from a poor score of 27 percent to a good one in the 80s after utilizing it a few times. Board me...

DEANNE JOHNSON SALINEVILLE — Utica Shale Academy students should soon be able to learn the basic skills of welding through a virtual welding machine. The USA board last week approved a partnership with Lincoln Welding and the purchase of a virtual Lincoln welder. Bill Watson, superintendent of the USA, told the board this machine allowed him, someone who had never welded before, to go from a poor score of 27 percent to a good one in the 80s after utilizing it a few times. Board member Mar...

newsroom@reviewonline.com SALINEVILLE — Happy to be back in school, Southern Local administrators on Tuesday talked to the board about upcoming programs, activities and ways to work toward catching students back up after so much time in virtual classes. High school and junior high principal Jay Kiger said when the students returned it was obvious some had not been on a schedule of getting up early, but they were happy to be back at school. The high school is preparing for testing at this time...