A law from 2020 allowed school boards in Ohio to provide a moment of silence for prayer, reflection or meditation for a moral, patriotic or philosophical reasons. A newly introduced bill would require all public schools do this every day class is in session.

If House Bill 187 becomes law, the moment of silence would not be for a set amount of time and could be done at any time in the day.

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The board voted unanimously Tuesday to accept the recommendations from the task force, but plans to take more time to get additional feedback from the community before voting to close any schools.

In a presentation during a Columbus City school board meeting Tuesday, the task force recommended that the board consider closing six elementary schools, two middle schools and a high school building. Last month, the task force presented options where up to 20 possible school buildings in the state’s largest district could be closed under nine different recommended scenarios.

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In Columbus, guests packed the Lincoln Theatre in King-Lincoln Bronzeville on Tuesday to join DeWine in viewing a documentary that champions an emerging science of how kids learn to read. DeWine, along with education leaders, parents and community members viewed a screening of the����a 2023 documentary that follows an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two families who champion the importance of literacy.

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In central Ohio, six districts – Olentangy Local Schools, Heath City Schools, Fairbanks Local Schools, Madison-Plains Local Schools, North Fork Local Schools and Teays Valley Local Schools – all had issues on the ballot to renovate and expand existing buildings or construct new ones entirely.

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In 2023, as many as 97% of kids aged 11- to 17-years-old used their phones during school hours, for a median time of 43 minutes a day,����from Common Sense Media and the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. And last week, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted held a roundtable discussion about the importance of cutting down cellphone use in schools,��.

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Those appointed to the task force represent a cross-section of the community, and include the president of the Columbus teachers union, religious leaders, a Near East Side barber and community leader, representatives of Columbus City Council and Mayor Andrew Ginther, five students and even some nonresidents of the district.

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That’s according to a facilities task force report Superintendent Angela Chapman gave at Tuesday’s school board meeting at Beechcroft High School on the North Side.

Consolidating the district’s 113 school buildings will reduce costs, the report said, noting that 47% of the schools have not had any major renovations in more than 50 years.

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���Partisan elections for school board members will allow voters to get a better idea of what the candidate���s platforms are,��� Rep. Mike Loychik, R-Bazetta, said in a statement. ���It is important that we give voters information that will allow them to make an informed decision, especially when they���re voting for those who decide our children���s educational opportunities.���

That’s why he introduced House Bill 267. If passed, the legislation would require school board candidates to run in partisan primaries and then with an R or a D beside their names on the ballot in general elections.

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