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LEWIS CENTER — With the new school year just weeks away, and the COVID-19 landscape continuing to evolve, the Olentangy Local School District (OLSD)

State officials recommend that unvaccinated students wear masks

SportsUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Jim Fischer ThisWeek The land at the northeast corner of Shanahan and North roads will remain undeveloped for the foreseeable future. The Orange Township trustees rejected a rezoning request for the 24-acre parcel during a May 19 public hearing. Metro Development had sought to rezone the land from single-family planned residential to multifamily planned residential for the construction of 144 condominium units in 2-story structures, to have been called t...

SportsUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Jim Fischer Olentangy Schools will begin construction on a new middle school in June.  The school, which has not been named, will be the district’s sixth middle school. It will be built on 45 acres along Piatt Road, south of Olentangy Berlin High School, in Berlin Township.  “The addition of a sixth middle school to the district will provide the necessary relief needed on the growing enrollment in our current middle schools, particularly in the nor...

With the Olentangy Local School District (OLSD) and the Olentangy Teachers Association (OTA)’s most recent contract set to expire later this year, th

Olentangy Schools parents, students share thoughts on returning to class full time “We recognize that in-person learning has not been associated with community spread. But the reason we waited until staff was vaccinated was because staff transmission was of greatest concern,” Raiff told board members during their Feb. 25 meeting. Berlin High School junior Cameron Pack said she’s glad to be returning to full in-person classes, despite some concerns over how that’s going to look and feel....

Construction on and installation of security vestibules and ADA-compliant playgrounds at a number of Olentangy school buildings will be completed this summer, a year later than originally planned.

POWELL — When it officially opened in November 2016, the Sawmill Parkway extension was hailed as a major win for developers looking to churn out new homes and officials seeking new business growth to help pay for roads and schools without raising taxes. Landowners also hoped to cash in after years of farming, seeking a premium windfall for their property in high-growth southern Delaware County. Not far from the parkways northern terminus in Delaware, corn and soybean fields would be re...

SportsUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Jim Fischer ThisWeek Olentangy Schools has named Greta Gnagy principal of the district’s newest elementary school, which is scheduled to open at the start of the 2021-22 school year. Gnagy brings 20 years of experience in education to the role and currently is the assistant principal at Olentangy Orange Middle School. She joined the district in 2003 as a teacher and was named the 2007-08 Teacher of the Year in the district as a physical education teach...