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The Repository CANTON – The Canton City School District is investigating an accusation that one of its fourth-grade teachers made a racist remark. The teacher, whom The Canton Repository is not identifying until more information is known, is accused of telling his class, including his Hispanic students, that Mexicans should, “go back to your country, why are you here?” Joanna Jacobo-Escobar, speaking on behalf of one of the Hispanic fourth-graders who was in the classroom, told Canton City school board members about the comment during the board’s public meeting Monday night. She sa...

CANTON – Some students in the Canton City School District soon may be sitting closer to each other in the classroom. The Canton City school board on Wednesday unanimously approved an amended memorandum of understanding with its teachers union that allows the district to space students at least 3 feet apart in classrooms, instead of the previously required 6 feet. Superintendent Jeff Talbert said the adjustment reflects the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and allows roughly 70 students to return to in-person learning for the last six weeks of the school ye...

And the test results wouldn't count towards graduation or a school's state ranking.  That's the terms in House Bill 67 that passed the Ohio House 93-1 Thursday.  "The U.S. Department of Education turned everything on its head last week," Rep. Kyle Koehler, R-Springfield, said. "This bill provides as much relief as it can and still have it pass." His original plan had been to let districts choose whether they wanted to test at all, given the challenges of schooling during the coronavirus pandemic. But the Biden Administration squashed that idea when it announced states wouldn't get federal...

Three months after Jeff Talbert conducted a virtual listening tour to hear from residents, the Canton City Schools superintendent was back on tour answering their questions about the district’s sweeping restructuring proposal. Talbert spent more than five hours during five virtual community meetings over the past two weeks fielding questions about the Design for Excellence plan, which restructures each of the district’s 22 school buildings in an effort to reduce the number of buildings and amount of staff to match declining enrollment while giving students more educational opportunities. ...

“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...