Council adds School Resource Officer at St. Albert the Great
Last month, the North Royalton City Council approved legislation to add a fourth School Resource Officer (SRO) to the complement of the North Royalton Police Department. This time, the officer won’t be reporting to the North Royalton School District, but to St. Albert the Great Catholic School. According to Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz, the cost of this SRO, including benefits, will be paid for by St. Albert the Great for the nine months in service to that school. SROs are police officers who work in the schools, along with school administrators, faculty and security staff members in an effort ....
Hall of Fame Wrestler Shawn Nelson returns to NRHS and recalls his high school years
There have been a number of great names in North Royalton High School Wrestling over the years. Included on that list is Shawn Nelson, the current head wrestling coach at the University of Findlay. Nelson returned to North Royalton High School recently to be honored by the school following his induction into the Ohio Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Nelson was presented with the “Lifetime Service to Wrestling” award. Shawn received the honor in recognition of his more than 20 years of dedicated service to the development of leadership and citizenship through the sport of w ....
School Board News
The North Royalton Board of Education’s monthly School Board meeting took place on Thursday, February 13. The Board approved the following 2024-25 appropriation adjustments: Fund 16-9025 IDEA-B, from $1,027,737.98 to $1,039,988.50; Fund 551-9025 Title III Language, from $44,329.97 to $44,570.77; Fund 551-9125 Title III Immigrant, from $3,878.61 to $3,899.68; Fund 572-9025 Title I-A, from $421,542.27 to $424,096.51; Fund 590-9025 Title II-A, from $91,874.27 to $94,078.48. The Board recognized the retirement of Maria Hebebrand and Deborah Savage. They also accepted the following resignation ....
NRHS Educator and Student Honored for Excellence in Computing and Technology
North Royalton High School teacher Jeff Rhodes and student Naisha Chopra have been recognized for their outstanding achievements in computing and technology education. Jeff Rhodes, a dedicated educator at North Royalton High School, has been named a recipient of the NCWIT AiC Educator Award, a prestigious honor recognizing his commitment to encouraging students facing barriers to participate in technology. As part of this distinguished community of over 1,000 award recipients nationwide, Rhodes will receive a $250 cash prize from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCW ....
Abbey Road gravity sewer project begins
One of the two sewer projects on Abbey Road has begun. The Gravity Sewer Project has started, while another part of the Wastewater projects, the Sanitary Force Main and Gravity Sewer Improvement Project, has been paused for further review. The remaining project, the Abbey Road Sanitary Force Main Project originally included the conversion of one of the City’s two Wastewater Treatment Plants into a pumping station. In 2023, Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz said that if the City kept “B” Plant as a treatment plant, it would have cost the City millions of dollars more in repair and updates, as wel ....
