North Royalton scores in Best High School Rankings

This year, the North Royalton High School showed a slight increase in the ranks of Ohio High Schools, from 73 last year, to 72 this year, according to the U.S. News and World Report 2024 rankings of public schools. Every year, the national magazine lists the best high schools across the United States and District of Columbia. Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School ranked 13 and Strongsville High School ranked 46. “The U.S. News Best High Schools rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly 18,000 schools were ranked on six f ....

May 14, 2024

School Board News

The April meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on Thursday, April 11. Assistant Superintendent Melissa Vojta gave a presentation on the Math and English Arts curriculum review, committee findings and recommendations. The Board approved the following tax budget for the next succeeding fiscal year, commencing January 1, 2025, to be levied within and without the ten-mill limitation as follows: General Fund Inside, 5.00; General Fund Outside, 53.90; Total General Fund, 58.90; Permanent Improvement Fund Inside, 1.00; Permanent Improvement Fund Outside, .50; Bond Retirement ....

May 1, 2024

Two City Grants will improve City Green and Memorial Park

North Royalton City Council passed two pieces of legislation that would accept grants for the City Green and Memorial Park. These are the second and third grants accepted this year. At the April 16 Council meeting, the first ordinance was unanimously adopted, introduced by Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz, that authorizes the Mayor and Community Development Director to accept a grant from the Cuyahoga County Supplemental Grant Program for a Community Development Supplemental Grant for construction of wayfinding and landscaping improvements on the City Green in an amount of $50,000. (The term “wayfi ....

May 1, 2024

New cameras would provide enhanced surveillance

City Council continued discussion on the addition of Flock Cameras at the April 16 Safety Committee meeting.  A representative from Flock gave a presentation on the Falcon and Condor cameras.
The current Falcon cameras are part of a motion-activated system that takes two pictures of each vehicle.  One picture is of the entire back end of the vehicle, allowing for vehicle type recognition.  The other picture is a close up picture of the license plate.  The system runs the plates through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), which is a database that shows active warr ....

May 1, 2024

Hype leading to total eclipse of the sun was well worth it

Was it worth the hype? Was it worth precautions? Was it worth the celebration? You bet! It was the biggest solar event in northern Ohio since 1806. For four magical minutes, the entire region turned to night. Our rotating earth and revolving moon danced together to block the sun, creating a slice of night in the afternoon sky. The April 8th eclipse was a great reason for a party, and North Royalton City and School District had a grand one. The doors opened at the Serpentini Stadium at noon. By 1:30 p.m. hundreds of people brought their lawn chairs, beach blankets, coolers, footballs, and most ....

Apr 17, 2024