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Laura Bush Visits Oyler School
Laura Bush Visits Oyler School
In Ohio, Kenney team finds an 'awesome' school plan
In Ohio, Kenney team finds an 'awesome' school plan
Inside Oyler Community Learning Center, a public school in a tough neighborhood here, were things the Philadelphia principal could only dream of.
There were vision, medical, and dental clinics. A food bank. A day-care center and a mental-health wing with five therapists. Volunteers trooped into the school routinely, part of a rotation of well-trained help that works one-on-one with Oyler's kids.
LAUSD teachers’ strike ends. Teachers to return to classrooms Wednesday
LAUSD teachers’ strike ends. Teachers to return to classrooms Wednesday
The district committed in the agreement to create 30 community schools — a model that has been tried in Cincinnati and Austin, Texas. These schools are supposed to provide social services to students and family, rich academic programs that include the arts and leadership roles for parents and teachers.
Mayoral Candidates See Cincinnati as a Model for New York Schools
Mayoral Candidates See Cincinnati as a Model for New York Schools
In New York City, the Cincinnati model is praised by a diverse circle, including business executives, union officials and hospital employees, who all see it as a cost-effective way to combat poverty and turn around struggling schools.
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN K-12 EDUCATION TO VISIT MAYVILLE STATE
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN K-12 EDUCATION TO VISIT MAYVILLE STATE
Craig Hockenberry, a nationally recognized leader in K-12 education will visit Mayville State University Monday, Oct. 17 and Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. Hockenberry is the former principal at Oyler School in Lower Price Hill of Cincinnati (Ohio) Public Schools. He led a transformation of the school and the neighborhood. He left Oyler School in 2013 to become superintendent at Manchester (Ohio) Local Schools. The district includes Manchester High School and Manchester Elementary.
How a school is transforming not only its students, but its community
How a school is transforming not only its students, but its community
“I could walk you outside the door, not even 15 steps away, and I could probably get just about any drug that I want,” then-principal Craig Hockenberry told me. “I could walk you another 15 feet down and there are our parents that are prostituting and hooked on heroin and crack cocaine.”
Cincinnatians feed food insecure students during COVID-19
Cincinnatians feed food insecure students during COVID-19
In Three Rivers, a suburban neighborhood outside of Cincinnati, almost half of the district’s students relied on free or reduced-priced lunches before schools closed. Three Rivers Local School District faculty and staff pack food and other donated items onto the Taylor High School bus every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to use as a mobile meal distribution site. The back of the bus is specifically designed to hold band member instruments, but now the instrument compartments are filled with coolers containing milk cartons, school meals and donated food.
Around 10 a.m. on days they distribute, volunteers load the bus and then drive to four meal distribution centers within the Three Rivers community, including a fire house and a church. The meal sites are placed in areas of the highest need. Volunteers give out food and groceries to parents and children waiting at each site, then after 30 minutes, they move onto the next site. The Three Rivers teachers and staff give out between 150 and 170 meals everyday.
People and organizations in the Greater Cincinnati Area have supported Three Rivers’ meal distribution efforts, allowing the program to remain sustainable for the rest of the school year and most likely the summer. Matthew 25 Ministries, a national aid organization based in Cincinnati, gave Three Rivers a $10,000 grant to continue to feed food-insecure people in the area, and the Three Rivers PTO has donated personal items and toiletries.
“Now that we’ve found out there will be no physical school the rest of the year, I am thinking the need will continue to increase,” Cathy Glatt, Three Rivers’ social worker, said in an email. “I am truly appreciative of all the support we have gotten from the district and our community partners, who work diligently to provide us with the resources our families need at the time.”
The Financial
The Financial
Terri Gossard, O.D., has served on the executive team at the One-Sight Vision Center in Oyler School in Cincinnati, Ohio, for several years. The vision center is the country's first self-supported, school-based program. Dr. Gossard also is chair of the AOA Multidisciplinary Practice Committee.
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