Whetstone High News Today

Loved ones of a Columbus City Schools middle schooler are seeking answers after he drowned last week in Big Darby Creek near Grove City.

Damian Earley, a junior at Whetstone High School, in January received a patent for The Garbage Lot, a locking platform for refuse containers.

Students at two Columbus high schools were arrested Tuesday after police said they were found carrying a loaded gun in their backpacks.

Some Columbus City Schools families have decided to not cross the "virtual picket line" and avoid having their students go to online learning.

Instead of reporting to school buildings for teacher preparation day, CEA members are picketing at 20 locations, including 19 schools.

A Christian public-policy organization is telling parents that they have other options for their children in Columbus City Schools teacher strike.

Columbus City Schools and the Columbus Education Association will return to the bargaining table Wednesday afternoon.

The nearly 4,500-member union met for three hours at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, ultimately voting to strike.

The Columbus Education Association will meet Sunday evening to vote on whether to strike.

Columbus City Schools is launching COVID vaccination clinics for all students 16 and older beginning Monday. There are 8,000 students age 16 and above in the district, and there will be enough Pfizer doses to innoculate 6,000, District Health, Family and Community Services director Dr. Kate King says vaccinating young people is part of the overall pandemic battle. "Certainly we know about vaccine hesitancy. We also know that vaccines save lives, not only of the person getting the vaccine, bu...