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  • Matthew Kapszukiewicz: Loveland schools can count on my support

    Matthew Kapszukiewicz: Loveland schools can count on my support

    by Matthew Kapszukiewicz

    In 2018-19 the Loveland School District invited me and hundreds of other community and business leaders to provide input into their facility master plan and the “Portrait of a Tiger” to identify the community’s vision for the student experience at Loveland. I truly believe they listened.

    The classrooms are overcrowded and desperately need to be modernized to keep up with the type of education required to prepare our students for jobs in the 21st-century workforce. The administration has been straightforward that the cost of regular maintenance of current facilities is outpacing the cost to upgrade or build new. If we don’t build new, we will spend more money keeping old buildings functioning, than we would with new ones!

    While my children will be graduated before they see a benefit, Loveland schools can count on my support, because now is the time that we must invest in our community and our schools for everyone’s benefit and ensure a prosperous future.

    Common sense says we move forward with the proposal or we will spend more to maintain inadequate facilities, thus wasting money. The availability of land in Loveland also creates urgency to move forward. If we miss this opportunity, we will lose a lot of flexibility and likely make upgrades more costly. We must act now. Of course being prepared to compete in a global economy where artificial intelligence, bots, etc. require students to be agile like we’ve never seen.

    Today our school holds classes in hallways and in trailers!  This will only get worse if we do not support the ask. We need better space, more flexible space, more cost-effective space to ensure this community prepares the workforce of the future.

    Let’s be smart about this and not throw good money after bad. Let’s move forward in a deliberate and intentional way that secures our future and leaves us with options for a very bright future.  There is a cost no matter how you vote.

  • A thank you from the Loveland Initiative

    A thank you from the Loveland Initiative

    by Terri Rogers,

    On August 16, 2019, The Loveland Initiative, held its 23rd Annual Backpack Program for the 2019/2020 school year. We are so happy to

    Thank you for making our 23rd annual backpack program an enormous success!!

    announce that, together with our donors and volunteers, The Loveland Initiative sorted, packed and distributed 300 backpacks to help students right here in Loveland, Ohio, get off to a great start for the new school year!!  What joy it is for students to personally pick out their own backpacks. You can tell by looking at their smiling faces. They are so proud of what they have chosen. The backpacks they choose from are endless, all donated and collected each year for students returning to school.

    Terri Rogers is the Executive Director of The Loveland Initiative

    This service is important because (1) we make a positive impact on the lives of children and families in our community, (2) we expanded services to other low-income children within the community.  (3) we relieve the financial burden of back-to school-time for families and (4) we help to reduce peer pressure and self-esteem so that students are focusing on learning. It is about generating excitement and joy at the prospect of students returning to school.

    Each year, I am amazed at the amount of support that we receive from the Loveland community. A HUGE thank you to EVERYONE who collected supplies and/or backpacks for us. A HUGE thank you to New Hope Baptist Church for hosting us for the fifth year in a row, and for the use of their facility. A SPECIAL thank you to JackRabbit and VIBE Nutrition for serving as a collection spot.  A HUGE thank you to ALL our volunteers, YOU were invaluable! A HUGE thank you to Loveland Magazine for their publicity support. Without the support from our awesome community, we could not do what we do.

    Thank you for making our 23rd annual backpack program an enormous success!!

    CLICK HERE to learn more about the Loveland Initiative and the community programs they provide.

  • [VIDEO] 35 new staff members at Loveland Schools

    [VIDEO] 35 new staff members at Loveland Schools

    Loveland, Ohio – Some of the new staff hired by the Loveland School District were introduced at the August 15 Board meeting, and below, are the names of all of the 35 new staff members.

    Loveland High School

    Ian Avery, English Teacher
    Zach Banning, Counselor
    Andy Cruse, Intervention Specialist
    Ashley Frees, Intervention Specialist
    Ian Klingler, Science Teacher
    Alex McCoy, Music/Jazz Teacher
    Rachel Nichols, long-term substitute Math Teacher
    Andrew Phelan, Intervention Specialist
    Elizabeth Potts, English Teacher
    Taylor Wood, Math Teacher

    Loveland Middle School

    Nelson Arblaster, STEM Teacher
    Sarah Cousino, Speech/Language Pathologist
    Matthew Fisher, Intervention Specialist
    Jonathan Franklin, Special Education Aide
    Katie Leist, Science Teacher
    Sonya Myers, Special Education Aide
    Carolyn Turner, Intervention Specialist
    Robert White, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Intermediate School

    Noah Gilbert, Psychologist
    Melanie Sowers, Intervention Specialist
    Ellen Spangler, Special Education Aide
    Jennifer Van Roekel, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Elementary School

    Megan Terlau, Intervention Specialist
    Jessica Tracy, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Primary School

    Allison Croskey, Music Teacher
    Joanne Prater, Special Education Aide

    Loveland Early Childhood Center

    Molly Amos, Preschool Intervention Specialist
    Misty Glasgow, Special Education Aide
    Jacob Martin, First-grade Teacher
    Kristan Mueller, Preschool Aide
    Lauren Vismara, Kindergarten Teacher
    Nancy Wagner, Special Education Aide

    Transportation

    Melissa Hollon, Bus Driver
    Russell Little, Bus Driver
    Anthony Pavone, Bus Driver

    Join us for the 10th annual Cpt Seth Mitchell HERO 5K…

    We are a group of Seth Mitchell’s Loveland High School classmates, who miss our friend and want to keep his memory alive. …

  • [VIDEO] Parking garage coming to Historic Downtown

    [VIDEO] Parking garage coming to Historic Downtown

    Loveland, Ohio – City Council held a public hearing on August 13, to hear public comments on the proposed purchase of 1.15406 acres of land in Historic Downtown and to construct a parking facility. An entrance to the garage from Rt. 48 is an integral part of the plan presented by City Manager, Dave Kennedy.

    The property includes eleven parcels contiguous to First Street to the west and Second Street/State Route 48 to the east. The parcel total 1.15406 acres.

    Peter and Matthew Ross agreed to a selling price of $550,000 which matched the appraisal obtained by the City. The total “appropriation” cost according to Kennedy, will be $571,150. Council has already authorized Kennedy to purchase the land.

    Council gave the City Manager authority to complete the purchase in May once he completed studies to see if there were such things as environmental or soil problems that would prevent the city from building a garage on the site. These videos are of Kennedy’s report to Council and the public comments they received during the public hearing. After the public hearing, Council debated whether or not to give the City Manager further direction and support for moving ahead with the purchase.

    To built the garage would cost between 6 and 6.8 million dollars in addition to buying the land.

    Here is LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV video from the public hearing.

    You can view the slides the City Manager presented below, or by opening this .pdf in a separate window: Ross Presentation.