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  • Board approves schedule for 5-day full capacity learning

    Board approves schedule for 5-day full capacity learning

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District Board of Education approved a resolution Tuesday night with a schedule for 5-day full capacity learning.

    The vote was Board President Dr. Kathy Lorenz, Vice President Michele Pettit, and Dr. Eric Schwetschenau voting to make the change and members Kevin Dougherty andEileen Washburn voting, “No”.

    PreK through 4th grade will begin 5-day full capacity on October 5.

    Grades 5 through 8 will begin 5-day full capacity on October 12.

    Loveland High School will begin 5-day full capacity on October 26.

    Currently, the schools are on a combination of a blended attendance model for in-person learning and many students attending the District’s Remote Online Academy.*

    The decision the Board made on Tuesday does not affect the Remote Online Academy students.

    Here is the “Full Capacity Evaluation” document the Board used in their deliberations: BOE Full Capacity Presentation 9-22-2020 (1)

    In the video below you can watch the Board discussion on the resolution beginning at the 1:10:48 minute mark. The Board paused the discussion and resumed at the 4:25:18 Minute mark. The District may not allow this video to play here on Loveland Magazine, so if this video does not play, go HERE to watch it.

    *The plans the Loveland Schools are currently operating under:

  • Loveland Board of Education meets tonight

    Loveland Board of Education meets tonight

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District meets tonight in the Loveland Middle/Intermediate Cafeteria at 6 PM

    The meeting will be livestreamed at https://youtu.be/IIcFcJDK8Us

    1. Opening Items
    1.1 Adoption of Board Agenda

    1.2 Welcoming of Guests

    1.3 Pledge of Allegiance

    1.4 Hearing of the Public (In person or send email to Board at board@lovelandschools.org by 4:00 p.m.)
    2. Board Reports
    2.4 Business Manager Report

    2.5 Principal Reports
    3. Committee Updates
    3.1 District Policy Committee Updates – None this month; Next meeting 10/8/20

    3.2 District Facilities Committee Updates – None this month; Next meeting 11/10/20

    3.3 District Finance Committee Updates – Meetings held September 3 and September 17; Next meeting 10/13/20

    3.4 District Student Experience Committee Updates – None this month; Next meeting 10/6/20
    4. Discussion Topics
    4.2 Evaluation of the Return to Full Capacity

    4.4 First Reading of Policies

    1530 – EVALUATION OF PRINCIPALS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS

    2270 – RELIGION IN THE CURRICULUM

    2431 – INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS

    4162 – DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING OF CDL LICENSE HOLDERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM SAFETY SENSITIVE FUNCTIONS

    5200 – ATTENDANCE

    5610 – REMOVAL, SUSPENSION, EXPULSION, AND PERMANENT EXCLUSION OF STUDENTS

    5611 – DUE PROCESS RIGHTS

    6107 – AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND DISTRIBUTE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND TO USE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES

    6144 – INVESTMENTS

    6152 – STUDENT FEES, FINES, AND CHARGES

    6152.01 – WAIVER OF SCHOOL FEES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

    6325 – PROCUREMENT – FEDERAL GRANTS/FUNDS

    6424 – PROCUREMENT CARDS

    8800 – RELIGIOUS/PATRIOTIC CEREMONIES AND OBSERVANCES

    1530 – Evaluation of Principals and Other Administrators.pdf (185 KB)
    2270 – Religion in the Curriculum.pdf (102 KB)
    2431 – Interscholastic Athletics.pdf (165 KB)
    4162 – Drug and Alcohol Testing of CDL License Holders and Other Employees.pdf (429 KB)
    5200 – Attendance.pdf (438 KB)
    5610 – Removal, Suspension, Expulsion, and Permanent Exclusion of Students.pdf (365 KB)
    5611 – Due Process Rights.pdf (203 KB)
    6107 – Authorization to Accept and Distribute Electronic Records and to Use Electronic Signatures (1).pdf (101 KB)
    6144 – Investments.pdf (157 KB)
    6152 – Student Fees, Fines and Charges.pdf (278 KB)
    6152.01 – Waiver of School Fees for Instructional Materials.pdf (112 KB)
    6325 – Procurement – Federal Grants-Funds.pdf (494 KB)
    6424 – Procurement Cards.pdf (96 KB)
    8800 – Religious-Patriotic Ceremonies and Observances.pdf (136 KB)
    4.5 Board Planning Commission Update
    5. Superintendent Resolutions
    5.1 Approve Student Representatives to the Board for 2020-2021

    5.2 Approve Policy 2266 – Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in District Programs or Activities

    5.3 Approve resolution to reaffirm the 2020-2021 Academic Plans and Options of the Loveland City School District
    6. Treasurer Resolutions
    6.1 Approval of 9/1/20 Board of Education Minutes

    6.2 Approve financial reports, payment of invoices, board member expenses, transfers, investment of funds, and appropriation adjustments

    6.3 Approve the Official Certificate of Estimated Resources, Permanent Appropriations and Total Amount from all Sources

    6.4 Approve removal of equipment by gift, sale or destruction

    6.5 Approval of Treasurer Items 6.1 – 6.4
    7. Director of Human Resources
    7.1 Status of Communications Position

    7.2 Resignations and employment of certified, classified, homebound, substitute and supplemental positions for the 2020-2021 school year.

    7.3 Approve Resolution to Initiate Procedures under Ohio Law for the Retirement and Reemployment of John Ames as the Business Manager for LCSD

    7.4 Approve a Memorandum of Understanding amending Article 35 of the LEA agreement
    8. Executive Session
    8.1 Enter into Executive Session to review negotiations with public employees concerning compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment and to consider the employment, demotion or dismissal of a public employee or official.
  • Tell Us: How is remote learning going in the Loveland District

    Tell Us: How is remote learning going in the Loveland District

    Hannah Roberts Gwynne

    by Hannah Roberts Gwynne

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine is interested in hearing from parents, students, and teachers to find out about their experience so far with attending or teaching in the Loveland City School District’s Remote Online Academy.

    If you are a remote Online Academy teacher, student, or parent or guardian, please tell us about the experience after the first three weeks.

    You can send us an email or your video or audio response to lovelandmagazine@cinci.rr.com. Please use the subject line “Remote Online Academy”.

    Loveland Magazine will respect your desire to keep your response anonymous.

    • As a teacher, has the District supported your technology needs? Are they quick to fix your broken technology? Have they provided you with adequate hardware to teach effectively? Is the computer supplied by the district adequate?
    • As a parent/guardian or student, do you have adequate technology in your home, and is the district doing enough to meet your needs? Is the district responding well to help your child with connectivity problems?
    • Teachers, we would be interested to know how much you have spent of your personal money supplying your virtual classroom for a satisfactory learning experience for teaching. Have you purchased learning materials, microphones, webcams, monitors, etc? (Send us photos of your remote classroom)
    • How about class size?
    • Do your students or child with an IEP, ect., currently, have adequate support to be successful?
    • Teachers – Do all of your students have adequate support at home to succeed in a remote learning environment?
    • In what ways could the community help you as a teacher, parent/guardian, or student have a successful Remote Online Academy experience?
  • Watch Dean Parker’s “Call the Shot” OnDemand

    Watch Dean Parker’s “Call the Shot” OnDemand

    Los Angeles LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL returns to cut through the trials of a global pandemic by serving up a treasure trove of independent film, delivered and available to enjoy from the safety and comfort of your own home.

    Dean Parker hails from Loveland, Ohio and is a graduate of Loveland High School is one of the participants.

    You can watch the short film Parker directed, “Call the Shot” online as many times as you want until October 11th as part of the Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival. ​Call the Shot is about a suicidal man convincing his bartender to carry out his death wish through a life-defining conversation.

    Follow this LINK and purchase a ticket. Make sure you have chosen the Trendsetters shorts 4 section! That is the section where Call the Shot is playing.

    Also make sure to vote for Call the Shot for the audience choice award!

    Parker is an award winning filmmaker and a former Loveland Magazine intern.

    Learn more about Dean Parker at deanparkerfilms.com
    In traditional Lift-Off fashion, we bring true independent film from emerging artists around the globe, connecting the US and international markets. Our aim to maximise artist’s connection with audience, and provide an experimental platform for indie creatives to help nurture voices and launch careers.
    A mixture of new voices, trendsetter feature narratives and genre bending shorts; for the first time in Lift-Off’s history, we bring you a programme of online-only content with our partners Vimeo OnDemand.
  • Food stamp benefits available to eligible Ohio schoolchildren attending classes remotely

    Food stamp benefits available to eligible Ohio schoolchildren attending classes remotely

    By Ohio Capital Journal Staff

    Thousands of Ohio children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals at school will soon receive money to buy food through the Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announced last week.

    This funding was made possible by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act, a release said, adding that ODJFS provided more than $250 million in P-EBT benefits to more than 850,000 Ohio children last spring. The agency recently received federal approval to issue a second round of benefits for children enrolled in schools operating fully remotely or with a hybrid remote/in-person model, the release said.

    “As families juggle the challenges of work, remote learning, and additional responsibilities, I hope that these additional benefits eliminate the stress of providing healthy, nutritious meals,” said Gov. Mike DeWine in the release.

    ODJFS is working with the Ohio Department of Education and local school districts to identify all eligible children, which includes children participating in remote learning for at least five consecutive days between the dates Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 who are already eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

    “Ensuring that our most vulnerable children have access to nutritious meals remains a top priority,” said ODJFS Director Kimberly Hall. “As families continue to navigate the challenges related to COVID, we are happy to have the P-EBT program as an additional resource to offer our children and their families.”

    As with the benefits issued last spring, the P-EBT benefits will be added to the Ohio Direction cards of families that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the release said. Families that do not receive SNAP benefits will be sent P-EBT cards with the one-time benefit added and no application is needed, it added.

    Individuals may qualify for SNAP if their household’s gross monthly income is at or under 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. Ohioans can apply at benefits.ohio.gov.

  • TOMORROW: Loveland XC Invitational @Love_XC_Invite

    TOMORROW: Loveland XC Invitational @Love_XC_Invite

    Saturday, September 5th

    Symmes Township – Home of the Brave Park

    Symmes Township, Ohio – Since spectators are limited to parents/guardians of senior runners, here is how you can keep up with the race and even watch a live-stream.

    This is not a decision that we have taken lightly. The purpose of limiting spectators is to ensure that we meet all guidelines in place.

    In evaluating our options for the event the choices were to cancel the event or to limit spectators.

    We chose to limit spectators to give the runners an opportunity to compete!

    We want to give our runners every opportunity to have a complete season. We also want our senior parents/guardians to have the opportunity to see their athlete on the course at least one last time!  

    We are doing several things to help alleviate the disappointment for parents and families.

    HERE IS THE RACE 411 WITH ALL OF THE DETAILS OF WHEN EACH RACE WILL START

    Race Day Schedule & Course Maps, ETC.

    How to Watch and get Tweets 

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  • Terri Rogers says thanks for supporting the Loveland Initiative’s 24th annual backpack program

    Terri Rogers says thanks for supporting the Loveland Initiative’s 24th annual backpack program

    by Terri Rogers

    On August 19th, The Loveland Initiative continued to push our mission forward to provide educational support and assistance to underserved children and their families. We held our 24th annual backpack program for the 2020-2021 school year providing students with new backpacks filled with school supplies. 

    Terri Rogers is the Executive Director of the Loveland Initiative

    Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the backpack program functioned differently this year. We made several changes to ensure that we had a safe program for our donors, partners, and the families we serve. 

    This year we teamed up with an amazing group, The Care Center at Northstar Community Church. Their mission is to provide CARE for the whole person as we help people remove barriers for success and build the resources needed to get to the next place in life. 

    Over 180 families received personal hygiene, cleaning supplies, and paper goods at The Care Center, and more than 200 backpacks filled with school supplies provided to kids through The Loveland Initiative via a drive-thru format.

    A HUGE thank you to The Care Center for hosting the program and for the use of their facility. A HUGE thank you our donors who collected backpacks, monetary donations and/or supplies. 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. 

    Once again, thank you for making our 24th annual backpack program an enormous success!!

    The Loveland Initiative is a 501(c)(3) registered charity. For more information on The Loveland Initiative, please contact Terri Rogers at trogers7@fuse.net or www.lovelandinitiative.org and our Facebook page.

  • [POLL] Is it a good idea to post student’s home photos on School’s social pages?

    [POLL] Is it a good idea to post student’s home photos on School’s social pages?

    Loveland, Ohio – Today was the first day of school for the Loveland District and in a “Welcome Back, Tigers!” video on FaceBook, Superintendent Dr. Amy Crouse urged parents to send her photos of the children as they head back to school, whether in-person or remotely. Many parents already have and the photos have been posted on the District’s public FaceBook and Twitter pages.

    Many of these photos contain personal information about the child, whether standing at their front door, in their neighborhood or even photos of the child in their bedroom where they will be studying. Some of the photos give first names, some last names, what grade they are in, and their age. Many say the name of their teacher.

    On the District Twitter page, you can read the parent’s full name along with the child’s photo. Some of the posts disclose which day a child will be home and which day a child will be on the bus or at school, which reveals when a child may be waiting on their school bus or getting off one.

    Posting back to school photos on a personal FaceBook page is common practice and shared with personal friends and grandparents, however, posting children’s photos of them in their bedroom on a public page is infinite in the number of people around the globe who can now view the images along with the personal information.

    The invitation to parents said:

    We know that this school year is starting like no other, but we still want to still celebrate the first day of school on Monday.

    We hope that whether you are starting school in person or remotely that you share your official “first day of school” photos with us!

    Share using the hashtag #LCSFirstDay20 or email your photos to krsacome@lovelandschools.org. We will feature student photos on our social media channels all week! #TigersTogether #LCSFirstDay20.

    Dr. Crouse’s invitation is at the 38-second mark of this video.

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  • What can Loveland Middle School students expect when they come back to school?

    What can Loveland Middle School students expect when they come back to school?

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Middle School shared a video to FaceBook about what they have been working on and what their students can expect when they come back to school.

  • [VIDEO] A day at Loveland High School will look like this

    [VIDEO] A day at Loveland High School will look like this

    Loveland, Ohio – This week, the Loveland City School District has shared videos on FaceBook to give families a better insight into what to expect as they welcome back students on Monday, August 31.

    Here’s what Loveland High School teachers and administrators had to say.