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Walsh University Teacher of the Month: Jennifer Ammond, Plain Local The Repository RESIDENCE  North Lawrence. COLLEGE  Kent State University and Grand Canyon University. FAMILY Husband, TJ; and daughters Eva, Arbella and Quinn. WHAT SUBJECTS DO YOU TEACH?  Fifth-grade math. WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF YOUR JOB?  Helping kids build confidence to believe in themselves and watching them grow to love math.   WHAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF YOUR JOB?  Helping students to recognize that productive struggle is the way in which we learn the most. As teachers, we want to help the students...

“We can’t make any promises but we’ve begun the conversation,” he said.  Talbert made the comments Tuesday during the district’s first virtual community meeting to discuss the Design for Excellence proposal, which restructures each of the district’s 22 school buildings in an effort to reduce costs, align its facilities to its declining enrollment and provide better education opportunities to all students. Instead of delivering a presentation about the proposal, Talbert spent 45 minutes Tuesday answering questions that residents either provided as part of a survey or asked during...

Of the 16 messages the board received, roughly half of them concerned the Arts or AIM academies. “I understand you are trying to make the most of what we have here but if there is any way the Arts Academy can remain the way it is and a K-8 school, I feel like I would not be the only one relieved,” wrote Angela Bilbrey, whose children are in kindergarten, second, sixth and eighth grades at Arts Academy. “We chose to have our children there because, to me, it just feels like a better option for a school.” Jennifer Anderson questioned moving seventh- and eighth-graders from the Arts Acad...

CANTON  It’s official: Students in the Canton City School District will kick off 2021 learning from home. The Canton City school board on Monday approved the district’s second-semester learning plan, which includes moving all students to remote learning for the two weeks following winter break. The students who have chosen in-person classes will return to school on Jan. 19, following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The board previously discussed the changes for the second semester, but had not yet formally approved the plan. Superintendent Jeff Talbert, who attended Monday’s board ...