March 2019 Edition of News & Views
February 25th, 2019
To Our Marlington Families,
At the Thursday, February 21st Board meeting, the Board approved a resolution to move forward with the elementary school consolidation. The presentation is attached below, but I would like to point out a few key items.
Lexington Elementary: Principal Mr. Rogers
PK-5 building - projected enrollment 474
Washington Elementary: Principal Mr. Groholy
K-5 building - projected enrollment 413
Boundary Change:
Students north of Beeson, N to 44, to Nimishillen will attend Lexington
Students on and south of Beeson, N to 44, to Nimishillen will attend Washington
Transportation:
We project an increase to an average ridership time of 40 minutes (36 minutes currently) across the district. Our goal is to keep the current start and end times of the school day.
Class Size:
In comparing our current and projected class size numbers for next school year, class sizes will be very similar.
Latchkey:
The district will continue to have latchkey services at BOTH Lexington and Washington. At this time, we are looking at the possibility of the YMCA taking over the day to day operation of latchkey. The main reason for the change would be parent access to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services to allow children to attend for free/reduced rate. Also, the YMCA is willing to give financial assistance for qualifying families.
Next Steps:
The district plans to mail home a letter to parents of students in grades K-4 on Friday, March 15th to let you know what building your child has been assigned to.
If you have any
additional questions, please call my office at 330-823-7458 or email at j_knoll@marlingtonlocal.org.
Yours in Education,
Joe Knoll - Superintendent
January 23, 2019
To Our
Marlington Families:
Thank you to our
elementary parents who attended the parent meeting on Monday, January 14 or
took the online survey we provided regarding the consolidation of our three
elementary buildings down to two. We appreciate your time, feedback and
dedication to the students of Marlington.
Through both the meeting and
the survey, we heard numerous concerns about the grade-level concept and how it
would negatively affect our families. Based
on this feedback, the Board of Education has decided to keep the Lexington and Washington Elementary
buildings as K-5 schools.
As you are aware, the
original plan was to convert Lexington and Washington Elementary Schools into
grade-level specific buildings. With this change, Lexington and Washington will
remain K-5 buildings beginning next school year moving forward to best meet the
needs of our students.
The district is still
finalizing several logistical items, such as which building the Marlboro
students will attend, transportation, and open enrollment. The goal is to have this complete by the Thursday,
February 21 Board meeting, where it will be shared with parents and community
members.
To view the results from the survey and parent meeting, please click on the links located on this page.
If you have any
additional questions, please call my office at 330-823-7458 or email at j_knoll@marlingtonlocal.org.
Yours in Education,
Joe Knoll - Superintendent