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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. “I love the school. I love the community and I think things are moving in the right direction. I lo...

Scott Hart SALINEVILLE — Students at Southern Local are going to have to wait just a little bit longer to return for in-person classes. The school district, which was the first to go back to remote classes in November, had been planning a return for Tuesday, Jan. 19. However, Superintendent Tom Cunningham said the board felt the case numbers were still too high and they chose to hold off for one more week. Classes are now set to resume on Monday, Jan. 25. Cunningham said with Monday, Jan. 18 a holiday and Friday, Jan. 22 already planned as a Zoom day, the students were only really going to ...