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  • [Reminder] You are invited to the Loveland Schools Showcase Wednesday night and to help guide the District’s Strategic Vision

    [Reminder] You are invited to the Loveland Schools Showcase Wednesday night and to help guide the District’s Strategic Vision

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    Loveland Tiger Families,

I wanted to send a special note this afternoon to invite you to our Showcase Night. It takes place tomorrow, Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at Loveland High School, beginning at 6 pm.

Showcase Night is an opportunity for us to show our parents and community some of the great programs offered at every grade level. It’s also a chance to do one of my favorite things - talk about our kids and their accomplishments

School hasn’t looked very normal over the past few years, which means we haven’t had as many opportunities for parents, volunteers, and other community members to be inside our buildings. Showcase Night is a chance to change that!

We are also kicking off our Strategic Vision process with a pair of community input sessions. They’ll take place in the Music Room at the High School on Wednesday night. Join us at either 5:30 pm or 6:30 pm to learn more about our Strategic Vision process and how you can get involved. If you can’t make it, look for a link in this week’s Tiger Talk newsletter with more information about a survey we’ll be sharing to gather your feedback or check www.lovelandschools.org/vision to stay up to date.

I’m excited to bring people together to celebrate our students and start a journey together to make the future even better for them.

Mike Broadwater,

Superintendent,

Loveland City Schools

    Showcase Night

    Next week is going to be exciting for Loveland City Schools. We are hosting our Showcase Night at Loveland High School beginning at 6 PM on Wednesday, February 9. This is a great opportunity for our families, and our community members to see our students and their great work. You can think of this as a district-wide Open House, highlighting cool programs and projects.

    If you’re the parent of a younger Loveland Tiger, this is a chance to see what kinds of things your students may want to get involved with as they move up next year.

    If you’re a community member, this is a chance for you to see what’s already going on, and find out how you can help!

    Quality Profile

    Our Quality Profile was also released this week. This 12-page document we created in-house is a great chance for you to review district accomplishments over the last year, so even if you can’t make it to Showcase Night, you can still be informed. You can view our Quality Profile by following this link to our website.

    All of this is building up to our Strategic Vision process, which kicks off Wednesday night with a pair of Community Input sessions.

    Portrait of a Tiger Vision Process

    These will be held alongside Showcase Night at LHS at 5:30 and 6:30 PM. We’ll be reviewing our “Portrait of a Tiger” which will form the basis of our Strategic Vision process. Together as a community, we’ll build a shared vision of success for our students and lay out the action plan to get us there. You will not have to attend these sessions to participate because we will be sharing tools next week on our website at www.lovelandschools.org/vision to gather as much input as possible from our community.

    Strategic Vision Design Team

    We are also building a Strategic Vision Design Team, made up of about 100 people from our community to help in this process. The team will include parents, students, staff, and community members who will sit down several times over the next few months to work together to create our vision. We want this group to represent the diverse opinions and insights of our Loveland City Schools community and if you or someone you know feels called to help us on this important project – you can fill out this form to let us know of your interest and we will be in touch.

    Superintendent Mike Broadwater said, “We really want our community involved in this process. Help us spread the word – we come up with a better plan when we work together across our Loveland City Schools community.”

  • Loveland Schools Covid-19 Dashboard for February 6, 2022

    Loveland Schools Covid-19 Dashboard for February 6, 2022

    Loveland, Ohio – At the beginning of each week, the Loveland City School District releases their latest Covid 19 Dashboard.

     
     
     
     

    Note the correction to the 10/3/ report and that community cases increased from 51 to 62.

     
     

     

     
  • You are invited to the Loveland Schools Showcase night and to help guide the District’s Strategic Vision

    You are invited to the Loveland Schools Showcase night and to help guide the District’s Strategic Vision

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    Showcase Night

    Next week is going to be exciting for Loveland City Schools. We are hosting our Showcase Night at Loveland High School beginning at 6 PM on Wednesday, February 9. This is a great opportunity for our families, and our community members to see our students and their great work. You can think of this as a district-wide Open House, highlighting cool programs and projects.

    If you’re the parent of a younger Loveland Tiger, this is a chance to see what kinds of things your students may want to get involved with as they move up next year.

    If you’re a community member, this is a chance for you to see what’s already going on, and find out how you can help!

    Quality Profile

    Our Quality Profile was also released this week. This 12-page document we created in-house is a great chance for you to review district accomplishments over the last year, so even if you can’t make it to Showcase Night, you can still be informed. You can view our Quality Profile by following this link to our website.

    All of this is building up to our Strategic Vision process, which kicks off Wednesday night with a pair of Community Input sessions.

    Portrait of a Tiger Vision Process

    These will be held alongside Showcase Night at LHS at 5:30 and 6:30 PM. We’ll be reviewing our “Portrait of a Tiger” which will form the basis of our Strategic Vision process. Together as a community, we’ll build a shared vision of success for our students and lay out the action plan to get us there. You will not have to attend these sessions to participate because we will be sharing tools next week on our website at www.lovelandschools.org/vision to gather as much input as possible from our community.

    Strategic Vision Design Team

    We are also building a Strategic Vision Design Team, made up of about 100 people from our community to help in this process. The team will include parents, students, staff, and community members who will sit down several times over the next few months to work together to create our vision. We want this group to represent the diverse opinions and insights of our Loveland City Schools community and if you or someone you know feels called to help us on this important project – you can fill out this form to let us know of your interest and we will be in touch.

    Superintendent Mike Broadwater said, “We really want our community involved in this process. Help us spread the word – we come up with a better plan when we work together across our Loveland City Schools community.”

  • Loveland City School District calls off school Thursday

    Loveland City School District calls off school Thursday

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland City School District has canceled all classes tomorrow, Thursday, February 3.

    Winter Storm Warning

    A Winter Storm Warning has been issued from February 2 at 3:56 PM EST until February 4 at 7:00 AM EST by NWS Wilmington OH.

    WHAT…Heavy mixed precipitation is expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of one-tenth to three-tenths of an inch. Winds gusting as high as 35mph.

    WHERE…Portions of Southeast Indiana and Central and Southwest Ohio.

    WHEN…From midnight tonight to 7 AM EST Friday.* IMPACTS…Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the ice. Travel could be nearly impossible. Patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.

    ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Wind chills will likely fall below zero degrees Friday night into Saturday morning.

  • What’s at stake for Ohio families as the monthly child tax credit payment ends?

    What’s at stake for Ohio families as the monthly child tax credit payment ends?

    Commentary by Will Petrik – Ohio Capital Journal

    As we start the new year, parents are planning for the future and working hard to provide their kids a great quality of life. They’re facing challenges head on, including a surging pandemic, school closures and at-home schooling, and fewer affordable child care options.

    No child should go to bed hungry, and no parent should worry about keeping a roof over their head. But many of the same politicians who refuse to make the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share have failed to prioritize the stability, economic security, and dignity of children and families.

    The latest census data show an estimated 811,000 adults in Ohio didn’t have enough food to eat in the last week. An estimated 2.4 million adults had difficulty paying for usual household expenses in the last seven days. On top of that, Jan. 15 was the first time over 1.2 million families in Ohio didn’t get the monthly child tax credit payment since July 2021, because the Senate didn’t pass the Build Back Better legislation before the end of last year.

    The monthly payments provided many Ohio families relief from stress by helping them pay for the basics such as food, rent, clothing, phone, internet, and educational expenses. It helped more families get enough to eat and fewer adults with children reported having trouble paying for basic household expenses.

    The child tax credit helped Sophia Whitehouse, from central Ohio, start her own business providing mental health services to children. Before the child tax credit, it was nearly impossible to balance her work and care for her children.

    “The child tax credit has been a tremendous help paying for preschool and child care for my two kids under 5,” Ms. Whitehouse said. She said that losing the credit means she will have to sacrifice time dedicated to serving the community’s mental health needs, which will hurt her family’s income. “I will not be able to work as much, because I won’t have child care,” she said.

    Jason Carter and his wife live in Cincinnati. They had a baby girl at the end of July 2020. The monthly child tax credit payments provided a sense of peace for Mr. Carter and his wife because it was a chunk of money they didn’t have to stress about every month. “It helps us to survive, to plan and have hope for an improved quality of life in the future,” he said.

    Along with thousands of other Ohioans, Carter was laid off during the pandemic. He found a new job, but said it pays half as much. The child tax credit helped the Carters make up the difference. Now that payments have stopped, Mr. Carter said they could be forced to put some of their plans on hold, such as buying a new home.

    “This is a dream my wife and I have talked about for years, he said. “Now that we have our baby girl, we want to provide a home for her to grow up in, have a yard for her to run around in, to be happy, and to invest in ourselves. Without the child tax credit, the future we have dreamed about doesn’t seem as solid. It’s something that worries us. We’ve been working so hard to improve our quality of life. Now they throw another roadblock at us. How am I supposed to achieve the American dream?”

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=pNwZf7K4WrE%3Ffeature%3Doembed

    By letting 2021 end without passing the Build Back Better Act, certain Senators have pulled the rug out from under the Whitehouse family, the Carters, and millions of families across the country. Just as parents are facing increasing heating and food costs, they are losing the monthly child tax credit, which has provided Ohio families with an average of $442 a month since July of last year.

    “How am I supposed to achieve the American dream?”
     Source: U.S. Department of Treasury, “Advance Child Tax Credit Payments Disbursed each Month, by State,” accessed on January 10, July, August, September, October, November, and December https://bit.ly/2XGh9Gv

    The Senate must deliver for families. They must pass Build Back Better and make sure the expanded child tax credit is included in the legislation. Until they do, families will miss out on monthly tax credit payments that made a real difference in their lives.

    For Mr. Carter, Ms. Whitehouse, and millions of other parents and families across Ohio and the nation, there’s so much at stake. This is about security, opportunity, and parents’ dreams for the future. Our nation has the resources to provide stability and security for all families, but we now need the political will.

  • Loveland Superintendent declares a “Snow-Dey” and closes schools on Monday, February 14

    Loveland Superintendent declares a “Snow-Dey” and closes schools on Monday, February 14

    Loveland, Ohio – Superintendent Mike Broadwater has announced through a school newsletter that he has closed Loveland Schools on Monday, February 14, the day after Super Bowl Sunday.

  • Loveland Schools Covid-19 Dashboard for January 30, 2022

    Loveland Schools Covid-19 Dashboard for January 30, 2022

    Loveland, Ohio – At the beginning of each week, the Loveland City School District releases their latest Covid 19 Dashboard.

    Starting Monday masks optional for all students and no more contact tracing in Loveland City School District

     
     
     
     

    Note the correction to the 10/3/ report and that community cases increased from 51 to 62.

     
     

     

     
  • Poll ‘Should Loveland Schools declare a “Mon’Dey Hangover Holiday” after Super Bowl Sun’Dey?

    Poll ‘Should Loveland Schools declare a “Mon’Dey Hangover Holiday” after Super Bowl Sun’Dey?

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  • Todd Jordon family didn’t get the break we prayed for – Now you can help

    Todd Jordon family didn’t get the break we prayed for – Now you can help

    Paula and Todd Jordan toasting their 16th anniversary in 2019

    Loveland, Ohio – The “GoFundMe” page to help this Tiger family begins:

    “Hello Loveland family and friends, we have a Tiger family in need after the heartbreaking passing of Todd Jordon.”

    It continues…

    Beloved husband, father, son, uncle, friend, neighbor, and life-long resident of our beautiful Loveland, unfortunately, and shockingly passed away on January 20th, 2022. He was 52.

    A little bit about Todd, he was a devoted family man. He was a great husband to his wife Paula, who he loved dearly. He unconditionally loved and was ridiculously proud of his two kiddos, Isabella and Sebastian. He was devoted to his father, Ron Jordan, and checked on him daily. He was especially attentive after the loss of his mother he adored, Beth Jordan, a few years ago. He was an attentive and caring Uncle to many nieces and nephews. And he was true to his friends. He was a sincere, kind-hearted man. When he asked how you were doing, he genuinely listened and cared about your response. And he gave the best hugs. He was quirky, fun, sometimes slightly ridiculous, and most definitely stubborn. He dreamed of Montana often as he loved the beauty of the state. And he had planned on taking his daughter, Isabella, there soon to get her situated with a summer job. 

    After a picture-perfect family Christmas, Todd fell ill. The whole family did. Victims of this awful pandemic time. But while everyone else got better, Todd got worse and worse. Todd had bladder cancer last year which made his fight with Covid a difficult one. After being hospitalized he, sadly, succumbed to his illness in the early evening of January 20 with family by his side. He passed peacefully. 

    Todd had been laid off from his job due to Covid and downsizing of his department a couple of months before the Holidays putting a strain on the family’s finances which makes this even more difficult. He had no life or health insurance. His wife Paula, unfortunately, has been in a series of accidents that limits her ability to work consistently.

    Any help that can be provided to assist the family with celebrating his life and helping with the financial difficulties of losing a husband and father will be greatly appreciated.

    Read more about Todd and his surviving family at GoFundMe.

  • Loveland Schools Covid-19 Dashboard for January 23, 2022

    Loveland Schools Covid-19 Dashboard for January 23, 2022

    Loveland, Ohio – At the beginning of each week, the Loveland City School District releases their latest Covid 19 Dashboard.

     
     
     
     

    Note the correction to the 10/3/ report and that community cases increased from 51 to 62.