Ohio Department of Education

Jury Decides not to Indict Mitchell

April 24, 2017

Students walk outside during a fire drill Feb. 11.

New Calamity Day Policy Allows for More Snow Days

February 28, 2015

New End-of-Course Exams Will Replace Ohio Graduation Test

Abby White, Campus and City Editor

January 4, 2014

Beginning with the class of 2020, currently sixth-graders, students will take 10 computer-administered, End-of-Course Exams to satisfy state graduation requirements instead of the tenth-grade Ohio Graduation Test, according to...

New Testing Regimen Begins with 325-Minute Pilot Test

Abby White, Campus and City Editor

January 4, 2014

Shaker will pilot one of Ohio’s new End-of-Course Exams in April, a 325-minute English test for ninth graders, to be administered by computer. A sample of freshmen will take the test, just one pilot of 10 end-of-year assess...

Board Member Bill Clawson listens to Superintendent Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. during the Sept. 4 board meeting. At its Dec. 17 meeting, the board voted unanimously to put a 6.9-mill levy on the May ballot. The levy is Hutchings' first as superintendent.

District, Union Reach One-Year Contract Deal; ‘Conservative’ Levy in Dispute

December 17, 2013

Ohio Rejects Shaker Proposal for Learning Center

November 26, 2013

Whether in School or Out, Suspensions Add Up

Allie Harris, Cover Story Editor

October 5, 2012

Despite talk among community members that there were record suspensions last year, Assistant Principal Sara Joyce and Ohio Department of Education data confirmed that the high school did not see a significantly higher number...

Teachers, Administrators Face Decisions About Whether Students Will Stay Home