Local parents sound off on county’s recommendation for all remote schooling
If there’s anything the last five months have taught parents, it’s that change comes swiftly and without much warning, leaving no other choice but to cope and adapt. Just as local parents were preparing for a new school year with two learning options presented by the North Royalton City Schools, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health threw a wicked curveball July 30: the recommendation that schools begin the year remotely. “This will most assuredly alter the reopening plans we communicated to you last week,” said North Royalton Superintendent Greg Gurka July 30 in a mass email. “As th ....
New shelter will be the “cat’s meow”
Like a lot of people, Beth Pearce grew up afraid of cats. Her family never owned any cats and she was never around them, so naturally the unfamiliar frightened her. Fast forward to 2020 and Pearce now spends her days around dozens of felines, serving as director of Stay-A-While Cat Shelter (formerly Bide-A-Wee, Scottish for “stay-a-while) in North Royalton. Pearce was there to celebrate July 21 as the shelter officially broke ground on a new facility set to open by spring of next year on York Delta Drive. The news is the cat’s pajamas for Pearce and her dedicated team of part-time employe ....
Proposed Charter amendments address several areas
North Royalton voters will be able to decide if proposed amendments to the City’s Charter should be passed in the November 3 election. A City’s Charter defines the organization, functions, powers and essential procedures of the local government, as a constitution does for a country. The Charter Review Commission’s recommendations were approved in the form of ordinances at the July 7 City Council meeting. The committee, that has been meeting since March, made their recommendations to City Council and the ordinances have now been adopted to place the measures on the November 3 ballot. Ev ....
School Board News
The August meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Monday, July 13. The Board approved the Comprehensive Continuous Improvement Plan grants for 2020-21 as listed. Title I-A Improving Basic Programs $357,086.10 Title II-A Improving Teacher Quality $92,470.27 Title III LEP $24,220.06 Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment $28,124.50 IDEA-B Special Education $924,094.46 IDE Early Childhood Special Education $21,820.87 The Board approved the following transfers: from 001-General Fund to 950-Athletics $55,000 *Yearly initial fund transfer from GF to Athle ....
North Royalton High School Teacher Puts the “T” in PTA
North Royalton High School English Teacher, Jonathan Dietrich, has earned the Ohio PTA “‘T’ in PTA Award” for promoting the PTA’s mission of engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for children to ensure they can reach their full potential. The award is voted on at a District Level and then moves on to the state level. North Royalton submitted to District 12, which includes 13 school district’s PTA groups. North Royalton was overwhelmingly chosen as the District 12 winner. Dietrich, or “Mr. D” as he is known, is passionate about helping all students and t ....