School District faces possible financial hit
The North Royalton School District recently learned that they may be facing a possible financial hit, compliments of the state legislature. The state’s biennium budget, which was adopted earlier this year, included a change in it’s EdChoice scholarship program that has added the North Royalton District, as well as other well-to-do districts in their program. The EdChoice Scholarship program offers scholarship to parents of students in underperforming public schools and for low income students. The program was established in 2005. According to the Ohio Department of Education, “the ....
Plastic Bag Ban extended to July 2020
North Royalton City Council introduced legislation at its December 3 meeting that would negate the plastic bag ban that was adopted by Cuyahoga County in May. If passed, North Royalton would join other cities in the county, including Brooklyn. The city of North Olmsted also recently introduced legislation. The legislation, introduced by Mayor Bob Stefanik, states the following: “No retail establishment shall offer customers disposable plastic bags unless: (a) it provides a disposable plastic bag collection bin that is visible, easily accessible to the customer, and clearly marked tha ....
North Royalton Athletes “Stuff the Bus” for Coats for Kids
The North Royalton High School football team held the 10th Annual Coats for Kids Stuff the Bus event on Saturday, November 23, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. North Royalton residents, friends and neighbors brought new or like-new winter coats and cash donations to the North Royalton Board of Education parking lot at 6579 Royalton Road. The players carried on the decade-long tradition of “stuffing” a North Royalton school bus with coats which will be transferred to Coats for Kids and redistributed to children in need in northeast Ohio. Football players and their parents were on hand to accept th ....
St. Albert the Great building on 60 years of faith for a new generation
The Catholic feast of St. Albert the Great, patron of the parish was November 15. Saint Albert the Great parish celebrated this Feast Day as a Solemnity on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17. This year’s celebration is special due to the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the parish. To celebrate this landmark anniversary year, the annual renewal of Ministers took place at all of the weekend Masses. In addition, the parishioners received a pamphlet that highlighted the time, talent and treasure that is St. Albert the Great Parish over the last sixty years and Building Faith for a New G ....
City Parks and Recreation Departments moves in to new property
The North Royalton Parks and Recreation Department is in the process of moving into a new facility, purchased this year by the city. They will be moving into the previously-owned Cuyahoga County property, which sits adjacent to the York Road ball fields, which will not only give them more room, but will also serve as equipment storage. “We’ll start moving in a little at a time,” said Mayor Bob Stefanik. The York Road property previously belonged to the Cuyahoga County Engineer’s Office. The road and bridge maintenance facility property, located at 4875 York Road and is zoned (PF) P ....