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  • All You Need To Know About The 2019 LHS Homecoming Festivities

    All You Need To Know About The 2019 LHS Homecoming Festivities

    The parade will begin at 6:30 PM at the Moose Lodge Hall on East Loveland Avenue

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – The anticipation has begun for Loveland High School’s Homecoming activities and Loveland Magazine has the 411 on what to expect this year! 

    The 2019 Tiger Homecoming events will begin Thursday, September 26th with one of Loveland’s most coveted traditions, the Loveland Athletic Booster’s Homecoming Parade. The parade will begin promptly at 6:30 PM at the Moose Lodge Hall on East Loveland Avenue. The parade will then proceed to West Loveland Avenue, to Rich Road, and then end the night at #1 Tiger Way at Loveland High School.

    RP Diamond will be selling Tiger Spirit Wear at Loveland Magazine during the Parade. Loveland Magazine is located right on the parade route in the heart of the West Loveland Historic District at 514 West Loveland Avenue and is one of the most favorite spots to view the parade because of ample parking in the District.

    Immediately after the parade, the Loveland students will take part in the annual Powder Puff Football game at Tiger Stadium.

    If you have any questions about the Parade contact Tori Morrison, the LAB Parade Coordinator (Email).

    Grand Marshall is Tony Ricci

    Tony Ricci (Photo from linkedin)

    Every year Loveland High School selects a Grand Marshall to lead the annual Homecoming parade. As always, the individuals selected to be the Grand Marshall has been someone who truly takes an interest in the success of the Loveland High School students and is a positive force in the Loveland community. This year Tony Ricci was selected to lead the 2019 parade. For the last 25 years, Ricci has owned and operated Tony’s of Cincinnati, an American Seafood and Steakhouse located at 12110 Montgomery Road. Ricci’s incredible hospitality and back to his roots cuisine has allowed him to become a Cincinnati Food Icon. Although Tony’s of Cincinnati has been a huge part of Ricci’s life over the past several years, he has always found the time to take an interest in Loveland High School and its students.

    Brian Conatser, Loveland High School’s Athletic Director, couldn’t express enough how generous Ricci and his family have been to Loveland over the past several years.

    Brian Conatser, Loveland High School’s Athletic Director, couldn’t express enough how generous Ricci and his family have been to Loveland over the past several years. “The Ricci’s have donated more than one could ever imagine! They have provided things such as senior dinners for each sport season for every senior athlete that plays a sport, a team dinner for any varsity team that wins a Team ECC championship, meals for any team that makes a deep dive in playoffs, pregame meals, donations for kids that need financial support for athletic gear or pay-to-play fees, donations to the Loveland Athletic Boosters every year at all major fundraisers, employment opportunities for students, sponsorship for Showchoir, Robotics, and Athletics, and support for Loveland co-curricular and extra-curricular sports and activities,” Conatser said. “Our student experience has been enhanced by the touch of the Ricci Family. Thank you very much, Tony Ricci, for your ongoing commitment to our programs and the Loveland Community,” Conatser added.

    Conatser was not the only person to express his gratitude for Tony Ricci and his family’s support. President of the School Board, Art Jarvis, owner of Jarvis Global Investments located near Loveland’s Downtown Historic District, also had a lot to say about Ricci and his family. When Loveland Magazine asked Jarvis what he thought about Ricci being the Grand Marshall he said, “I think it’s an excellent choice! He has done so much for the community in the last 8 or 9 years. He’s been there every step of the way with Loveland students and athletes! He’s been amazing with supplying our athletes with meals. All seniors get a dinner no matter what sport and if a sports team wins the ECC they get another dinner from Tony! I can’t even tell you how much Tony has spent on food for Loveland’s students. He’s also a huge donor for the Loveland High School Show Choir. Anything that we have gone to him for about the students in Loveland he has donated, no questions asked!”

    Jarvis also noted that Ricci spends a lot of his time in the community and added that “Tony is a dear friend of mine and is always willing to listen – no matter the topic. Tony’s steaks are the best steaks I’ve ever had! This guy knows how to make a steak and I love eating at his restaurant. Tony is just a great guy with a great family.”

    I think he (Tony Ricci) makes Loveland what it is today.” – Jeff Williams

    Jeff Williams, President of the Loveland Athletic Boosters was also eager to praise Tony Ricci. He said, “I just think that as a community we’re lucky and blessed to have someone like him. It’s not only the money he gives, but he gives a great deal of his time. I think he makes Loveland what it is today.” 

    The Homecoming festivities will continue on Friday, September 27th with a Homecoming Pep Rally at 1:30 PM at Loveland High School and the Homecoming Football Game at the Tigers Stadium at 7 PM where they will face the Milford Eagles.

    Homecoming festivities will continue on Friday, September 27th with a Homecoming Pep Rally at 1:30 PM at Loveland High School and the Homecoming Football Game at the Tigers Stadium at 7 PM where they will face the Milford Eagles. At halftime, the Homecoming Queen and King will be announced and the Marching Band and Color Guard will perform throughout the evening.

    The homecoming game will have lots of spirited Loveland High School Students as well as friends and family members so be sure to stop by and support TIGER NATION! Who knows if you stop by you may just catch some Rozzi Fireworks and Grand Marshall Toni Ricci’s helicopter arrival to deliver the game ball!

    On Saturday, September 28th Loveland High School will host the 2019 Homecoming Dance beginning at 8 PM and ending at 11 PM.

    Loveland Magazine wishes all those involved in the Homecoming festivities the best of luck! We can’t wait to see what’s in store for this year! If you would like to stay up to date on the latest about Loveland High School’s 2019 Homecoming events you can of course visit Lovelandmagazine.com or you may visit lovelandtigers.org, lovelandschools.org or https://twitter.com/LovTigers_AD.

  • Tigers lose to Lebanon

    Tigers lose to Lebanon

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Lebanon beat the Tigers 50-20 in Loveland’s home opener last Friday, the identical score of their loss in their season opener at Sycamore.

    Tiger quarterback Calvin Cloud passed 34 times and completed 21, for 247 total yards. Cloud threw touchdowns to Bailey Jackson and Austin Lodor. Lebanon held the tigers to minus 12 total rushing yards. Possession was in Lebanon’s favor 30:44 – 15:13.

    Friday, Sept. 13, Milford hosts Loveland at  7 PM in Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown

    The Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown is the nation’s largest and longest-running high school football event in the United States and there will be a pre-game show presented by Skyline Chili.

    This will be a non-conference game and the two teams meet again two weeks later on the 27th at Loveland for ECC competition.

    Milford is 1 and 1, losing to Princeton 38-7 in their season opener and defeating Dunbar last week 27-26

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  • Al Osgood, Jr. – The school district is listening to voters

    Al Osgood, Jr. – The school district is listening to voters

    by Al Osgood, Jr.

    Loveland is so fortunate to have a great school district with strong leaders. The Board of Education’s announcement Monday that they are able to phase in the requested November levy increase is a perfect example of that. They listened to community feedback, and because of the recent reduction in interest rates, they are able to phase in the requested levy increase over three years versus all at once; that will certainly help from a budgeting and cashflow planning standpoint.

    It is critically important to recognize that this levy request is about needs and not wants.  We have buildings that are almost 80 years old, we have students learning in temporary trailers and hallways, we have inadequate

    Al Osgood, Jr. lives in Miami Township and is co-chair of Citizens for Loveland City Schools

    safety and security for today’s world, classrooms are “bursting at the seams” and the list goes on.  These issues are not going away; they will only get worse and more expensive if we wait.  Now is the time to act.  There is a significant cost of inaction.  In fact, multiple district building estimates show that the cost of maintaining the current facilities is MORE than the cost of rebuilding.  Bottom line, choosing to “kick the can down the road” will end up costing us more and have a direct negative impact on our children’s education.

    The district’s request is good for students and good for our community.  Great schools correlate to great communities.  People want to move to and live in Loveland because of our schools and the great community atmosphere that the schools help create.  Great schools are good for our property values and our ability to sell our homes.  Please remember that we don’t need to look too far to see the negative impact to communities and schools with failed levies.

    I want to commend the school district for their open, transparent and inclusive process that they have used in developing the facility master plan and current levy request.  They have been working on this for four years with opportunity after opportunity for the community to participate and provide input.

    Please get the real facts before making a decision at the ballot box.  There are almost daily social media posts and websites that are incorrect or misleading.  It’s easy to assume that everything posted on-line is accurate, but it’s definitely not.  If you haven’t had an opportunity to get the facts, please go to one of the multiple community events that the District has scheduled. The next one is a Community Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 12th at 7 pm in the high school auditorium. Please go tour the almost 80-year-old LES building at 7 pm on September 17th.  Please attend one of the five currently scheduled Ask the Superintendent discussions. Please call the District office.  Any of these opportunities will allow you to get the real facts and understand why the levy request is needed and needed now.

  • [VIDEO] Board votes to amend parameters of levy request

    [VIDEO] Board votes to amend parameters of levy request

    Below you can read the resolution passed by the Board and the Ballot language that will remain the same.

    Levy skeptics offer opinions after meeting adjourns…

    Loveland, Ohio – At the end of July, the Loveland Board of Education voted unanimously to issue bonds for $118,515,000 and to place a combined operating and bond levy of 16.78-mill on the November 5 ballot to fund daily operations of the school district and to implement the district’s facility master plan, including three new school buildings at Grailville.

    The Board met Monday in a special meeting at 5 PM and voted to amend the parameters of the levy request. They voted unanimously to approve a resolution to structure the levying of the new taxes that will phase them in over three years.

    LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV was at the meeting and recorded the meeting as well as a few comments from residents after the meeting was over.

    Full video of meeting

    Walter Golladay, Pete Palmer, and Marcia Neumann comment on Board action.

    This is the draft Resolution that the Board voted on Monday. There were no changes made before approving it.

    This is how the question will appear on your Ballot. Nothing the Board did Monday changes this ballot language.

    Read Background:

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    School Board to vote Monday on revised levy impact

    David Callahan: “Saying no to our children is not acceptable to…

    Loveland Board of Education asks for combined 16.78-mill levy

    [BREAKING NEWS] Board votes to build new campus for Pre-K thru…

    Read: Grailville and School District Option to Purchase Agreement and Appraisal

    School Board approves option to purchase 110 acres of land at…

    [From the Loveland School District] November 2019 Levy FAQ

    [Video] Residents speak to Board of Ed about 16.78-mill school levy

    Information sessions with Loveland Schools Superintendent and Treasurer about the November…

    Meeting Needs Now and for the Future

    [Walter Golladay] Loveland City School District to raise 2019 school property…

    David Callahan: “Saying no to our children is not acceptable to…

    Matthew Kapszukiewicz: Loveland schools can count on my support

    Loveland Magazine “Local Voter Guide” to issues and candidates

     

  • Paul Motylinski says Monday’s School Board vote on revised levy impact won’t change anything significantly

    Paul Motylinski says Monday’s School Board vote on revised levy impact won’t change anything significantly

    Paul Motylinski lives in the Turnbury subdivision in Symmes Township

    by Paul Motylinski

    How does this change anything significantly? (School Board to vote Monday on revised levy impact)

    There are still several issues that need to be addressed with this request being made of the taxpayers; issues such as reducing the millage, and the short and long term cost risk. Below are issues that need to be closely reviewed, addressed, and considered in order to achieve a millage reduction and a clearer path to this levy passing.

    Why are three buildings needed for grades K-5?

    One building for grades K-5, or two separate buildings; one for grades K-2 and one for grades 3-5 will be less costly to design, construct and maintain than three separate buildings, even if located on the same property. The new facility plan for grades K-5 is not efficient cost-wise. Significant cost savings can be realized by reducing the number of buildings, without sacrificing the safety and delivery of education, and still maintains the same number of grade levels between one or two buildings versus three buildings.

    New or renovated educational facilities are more important than upgraded athletic facilities. The current athletic facilities are more than adequate for now. Priority needs to be focused towards the educational facilities’ needs and not the athletic facilities’ needs.

    What maintenance has occurred at the existing middle school athletic facilities?

    Having been to the athletic facilities at the middle school, it appears to me that maintenance has been largely ignored. Illustration of care needs to be shown towards the existing athletic facilities before asking the taxpayers to fund new; otherwise, history will quickly repeat itself. The existing high school athletic facilities are wonderful in my opinion. The field turf and track surface are brand new at the football stadium, and the baseball and softball fields are more than adequate. There is no need to spend taxpayer dollars unnecessarily.

    The immediate needs pertaining to capital building improvements appear to be the current LECC, LPS, and LES buildings. I have attended several functions at all three buildings and it is obvious that these buildings need to be replaced with new ones. I have much respect for the administration and staff for delivering quality education given the antiquated state of these buildings. Regarding the capital building improvements for the LIS, LMS, and the HS, either place this scope on a future ballot for permanent improvements if upgraded athletic facilities take precedent over updated buildings, or eliminate the entire scope for the upgraded athletic facilities. If safer buildings and delivery of quality education are the priorities, then the scope for upgrades to the athletic facilities is expendable.

    Why risk combining the operation portion of the levy with the permanent improvement portion?

    The Loveland community has largely supported the levies placed on the ballot over the last approximately 20 years. I do not want to hear that services will have to be reduced or eliminated since the entire levy did not pass when a stand-alone operation levy will have a much better chance of passing instead of combining with the permanent improvement portion.

     

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  • Loveland Schools Foundation to induct four into Hall of Fame

    Loveland Schools Foundation to induct four into Hall of Fame

    Loveland, Ohio – Four Loveland High School alumni will be inducted into the Loveland Schools Hall of Fame on Saturday, September 21.

    David Evans (Loveland High School Class of 1969), Wesley Jackson (‘94), David J. Litteral (‘80) and Janet Rich (‘71) are the recipients of the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award – a lifetime award honoring graduates who have used their Loveland education to better their communities at the local, national or global level.

    “This event, which is open to the public, is an opportunity for us to recognize and give back to Loveland graduates who stand out in their service to others,” said Loveland Schools Foundation Executive Director Linda Slusher. “It is also a way to show the Loveland community the high caliber of students that the Loveland Schools produce.”

    David Evans has coached the Midland Redskins since 1990 and has won the Connie Mack World Series 12 times. He has coached more than 80 major league players, including Ken Griffey Jr., David Bell and Barry Larkin.

    Wesley Jackson earned three university degrees with majors in biology, microbiology and biochemistry from Miami University, Wright State University and the Medical University of South Carolina. He is currently working as a research scientist for the Eli Lilly Company, where some of his research has led to medical patents for which he is accredited.

    David J. Litteral, Command Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army (ret.), gave 32 years of honorable service in the United States Army Medical Department, culminating as commandant of the Army’s Medical Noncommissioned Officer Academy.

    Janet Rich taught 35 years at Loveland City Schools. Among others, she served 33 years as chair for the Health and Physical Education Department, 17 years as student council and class advisor, and 24 years as cheerleading coach. Rich was named Grand Marshall of the 2012 homecoming parade for her service to Loveland Schools.

    The Distinguished Alumni Awards Banquet begins at 6 PM at the Oasis Golf and Conference Center, with awards recognitions scheduled to start at 8 PM.

    Tickets ($45/person) include dinner and must be purchased prior to the event. Please contact Linda Slusher at slusheli@lovelandschools.org for more information. No tickets will be available at the door.

  • [Photo Album] Aviators soar over Tigers in season opener

    [Photo Album] Aviators soar over Tigers in season opener

    Blue Ash, Ohio – The Aviators’ opening half performance was too much for the Tigers to overcome last Friday when they traveled to Sycamore to open the regular season. At halftime, it was 43 – 14. Each team scored one more touchdown in the second half to make the final score, 50 – 20.

    Sycamore outpaced Loveland with 372 total yards vs. the Tiger’s 178. Loveland’s Liam Hamill ran 21 times for 94 yards. The stats for the game are incomplete, however, you can view what Sycamore reported (below). Home teams are responsible for reporting stats.

    These photos were taken both in the pre-game warmups and during the game.

    The Tiger home season-opener is on Friday against Lebanon at 7 PM. Lebanon lost as host to Kings last Friday, 34 – 20.

    These photos can be purchased by contacting editor@lovelandmagazine.com.

    Friday, August 30, 2019

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    Loveland
    1 2 3 4 T
    LVL 0 14 0 6 20
    SYC 19 24 7 0 50

    50
    Sycamore
    Scoring Summary
    1ST QUARTER LVL SYC
    LVL SAF 00:01 TEAM SAFETY 0 2
    SYC TD 00:01 William Ingle 4 YD RUN (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 9
    SYC TD 08:01 William Ingle 35 YD RUN (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 16
    SYC FG 04:57 Jack Ferron 42 YD 0 19
    2ND QUARTER LVL SYC
    SYC TD 10:39 William Ingle 1 YD RUN (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 26
    SYC TD 10:39 Jordan McConnel 25 YD PASS FROM Andrew Fehr (Jack Ferron KICK) 0 33
    LVL TD 00:01 Unknown 46 YD PASS FROM Unknown (Logan Farnsworth KICK) 7 33
    LVL TD 02:35 Unknown 17 YD PASS FROM Unknown (Logan Farnsworth KICK) 14 33
    SYC FG 00:26 Jack Ferron 28 YD 14 36
    Team Stat Comparison
    LVL SYC
    1st Downs 12 22
    Total Yards 178 372
    Passing Completions 14 8
    Passing Attempts 28 14
    Passing Yards 100 134
    Passing Average 3.6 9.6
    Rushing Attempts 30 40
    Rushing Yards 78 238
    Rushing Average 2.6 6.0
    3rd Down Efficiency 3-15 1-6
    4th Down Efficiency 3-5 0-1
    Penalties 5-46 5-27
    Turnovers 1 1
    Possession 39:27 31:35
    Loveland Stats
    PASSING
    CP/AT YDS AVG TD INT
    Unknown 14/27 100 3.7 3 0
    Luca Aquilino 0/1 0 0.0 0 0
    Team 14/28 100 3.6 3 0
    Sycamore Stats
    PASSING
    CP/AT YDS AVG TD INT
    Andrew Fehr 8/14 134 9.6 2 0
    RUSHING
    ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    Liam Hamill 21 94 4.5 14 0
    Unknown 8 -9 -1.1 16 0
    Unknown 1 -7 -7.0 0 0
    Team 30 78 2.6 16 0
    RUSHING
    ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    William Ingle 10 96 9.6 35 3
    Dahmear Celestine 9 55 6.1 12 0
    John Douthitt 7 12 1.7 8 0
    Andrew Fehr 6 19 3.2 12 1
    Jordan McConnel 6 64 10.7 21 0
    TEAM 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
    Cody Charles 1 -6 -6.0 0 0
    Team 40 238 6.0 35 4
    RECEIVING
    REC YDS AVG LG TD
    Liam Hamill 4 15 3.8 12 0
    Unknown 3 32 10.7 46 1
    Unknown 2 46 23.0 29 2
    Luca Aquilino 2 8 4.0 5 0
    Mason Moore 2 27 13.5 16 0
    TEAM 1 -28 -28.0 0 0
    Team 14 100 7.1 46 3
    RECEIVING
    REC YDS AVG LG TD
    Marquell Fisher 3 53 17.7 35 0
    Jordan McConnel 2 62 31.0 37 2
    KJ Sally 1 13 13.0 13 0
    Gordy Anaple 1 5 5.0 5 0
    William Ingle 1 1 1.0 1 0
    Team 8 134 16.8 37 2
    KICKING
    FG PCT LNG XP PTS
    Logan Farnsworth 0/0 0.0 0 2/2 2
    Luca Aquilino 0/0 0.0 0 0/1 0
    Team 0/0 0.0 0 2/3 2
    KICKING
    FG PCT LNG XP PTS
    Jack Ferron 2/2 100.0 42 6/6 12
    PUNTING
    NO YDS AVG TB -20 LNG
    Luca Aquilino 6 146 24.3 0 0 41
    PUNTING
    NO YDS AVG TB -20 LNG
    Andrew Fehr 2 65 32.5 0 1 35
    PUNT RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    PUNT RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    Michael Cipollone 1 5 5.0 5 0
    KICKOFF RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    Zach Owens 2 17 8.5 10 0
    Liam Hamill 2 45 22.5 23 0
    Unknown 2 30 15.0 26 0
    D’Marqo Johnson 1 27 27.0 27 0
    Team 7 119 17.0 27 0
    KICKOFF RETURNS
    NO YDS AVG LNG TD
    Jordan McConnel 3 103 34.3 63 0
    William Ingle 1 48 48.0 48 0
    Marquell Fisher 1 0 0.0 0 0
    Team 5 151 30.2 63 0
    FUMBLES
    FF FR TD
    TEAM 1 0 0
    Zachary Bebout 0 1 0
    Team 1 1 0
    FUMBLES
    FF FR TD
    TEAM 1 0 0
    Rasheed Harris 0 1 0
    Team 1 1 0
    INTERCEPTIONS
    INT YDS TD
    INTERCEPTIONS
    INT YDS TD
    DEFENSE
    TACKLES
    SOLO AST TOT SACK
    Unknown 8 4 12 2.0
    TEAM 6 0 6 1.0
    Unknown 2 5 7 0.0
    Unknown 6 1 7 0.0
    Trent Williamson 5 0 5 0.0
    Zach Owens 3 0 3 0.0
    Unknown 1 1 2 0.0
    D’Marqo Johnson 2 0 2 0.0
    Unknown 2 0 2 0.0
    Nate Holman 1 1 2 0.0
    Zachary Bebout 0 0 0 0.0
    Unknown 1 0 1 0.0
    Team 37 12 49 3.0
    DEFENSE
    TACKLES
    SOLO AST TOT SACK
    Apollo Ford 4 1 5 2.0
    Jacob Andre 5 2 7 0.0
    Jovani Mujanayi 3 2 5 1.0
    TEAM 4 0 4 0.0
    Jacob Tuiemeh 5 0 5 0.0
    Noah Blase 2 1 3 1.0
    Qai Williams 1 2 3 1.0
    Nick Stephenson 2 1 3 0.0
    Dillon Andre 2 1 3 0.0
    Rasheed Harris 1 0 1 0.0
    Nate Clark 1 1 2 0.0
    Justin Williams 1 1 2 0.0
    Marquise Fisher 1 1 2 0.0
    Miles Bryant 1 0 1 0.0
    David Guitierrez 1 0 1 0.0
    Rashun Newbolt-Thomas 1 0 1 0.0
    Liam Fleck 0 1 1 0.0
    Tofer Gould 1 0 1 0.0
    Team 36 14 50 5.0

     

  • Here’s the 411 on the 2nd Annual Loveland XC Invitational this Saturday at Home of the Brave Park

    Here’s the 411 on the 2nd Annual Loveland XC Invitational this Saturday at Home of the Brave Park

    Last year, Loveland Tiger Jessie Gibbins placed 1st with a time of 19:33 on the 3.2-mile course.

    by Cassie Mattia

    Symmes Township, Ohio – High school and middle school cross country runners from across the region will converge on Home of the Brave Park on Saturday for the 2nd Annual Loveland XC Invitational. This is a beautiful course with varied terrain, it very spectator friendly, and has ample convenient parking. There are plenty of restrooms and even a playground with a splash park along the course for the younger Tiger fans.

    Last year, the Loveland Cross Country teams completed a sweep of all middle and high school events.

    Races begin at 8 AM and conclude with Middle School awards at noon.

    Below are the course maps and you can bookmark them on your phone to carry them with you on Saturday, or below you will also find printer-friendly .pdf files of the course so you can print the maps to take with you.

    Live results will be available at live.finishtiming.com.

    Here are the course maps and you can bookmark them on your phone to carry them with you on Saturday, or below you will find printer-friendly .pdf files of the course so you can print the maps to take with you.

     

    2019 Loveland Invitational MS Course Map

    2019 Loveland Invitational HS Course Map

  • Meeting Needs Now and for the Future

    Meeting Needs Now and for the Future

    by Dr. Amy Crouse

    As we launch a new school year at Loveland City Schools, I am particularly grateful to our community, which continues to support and invest in the greater good, especially for our children. Last week, more than 100 community members volunteered to prepare the playground at Loveland Early Childhood Center for our youngest Tigers to enjoy their first recess. And the community’s involvement has been evident throughout the past several years as hundreds of residents provided input in the district’s facility master planning process, where we extensively researched, assessed and vetted the district’s building and infrastructure needs, ultimately developing a plan that will adequately prepare our graduates.

    Dr. Amy Crouse is the Loveland City School District Superintendent

    The message heard from the community was clear: Loveland Schools must continue the positive momentum in academic achievement, yet the aging buildings need renovations and upgrades. With teachers using mobile carts and hallways for instruction and temporary trailer classrooms to absorb our overcrowded classrooms, we must modernize our facilities for our children and our community to have a strong future. The Loveland community expects a high-quality education and the reality is that we need to upgrade and expand science and technology laboratories to prepare students for college and 21st-century careers.

    The plan put forth and adopted unanimously by the Board of Education is cost-effective and unique to Loveland’s current and future needs. The plan:

    • reduces our reliance on trailers as classrooms and mobile carts and hallways for teaching;
    • provides safer and more secure learning environments at all of our schools with secure entrances, camera systems and electronically-activated locks to prevent intrusions;
    • updates and expands offerings of science, technology, engineering and math programs that are increasingly mandatory for colleges and careers.

    The bottom line is, we do a great job of maintaining our buildings and infrastructure, but we are to the point where it’s more costly to maintain than it is to upgrade or, in some cases, rebuild. The district’s facility needs will not go away; they will only increase in cost. There is no zero-cost option and without this levy investment we will need to continue diverting funds from the classroom so that we can make critical fixes in our schools.

    Strong schools mean a strong community, and I encourage everyone to make sure our schools are as strong as possible by joining us over the next couple of months at community conversations. Please see www.lovelandschools.org for all scheduled events. There will be a presentation at Loveland High School on September 12 at 7 p.m. where residents can learn more about the November 5th ballot issue and why it’s needed now. And, as always, please feel free to contact me directly with questions.

    In service to our Tigers.


  • Ricky Mulvey wins Region 4 Mark of Excellence Award for collegiate journalism

    Ricky Mulvey wins Region 4 Mark of Excellence Award for collegiate journalism

    Ricky Mulvey working for Loveland Magazine in 2015.

    Indianapolis – “It was an incredible honor to have our column recognized by The Society of Professional Journalists,” Ricky Mulvey told Loveland Magazine when we asked him about receiving the Mark of Excellence Award. “Writing that column is one of the things that I miss most about my time at Ohio State, and it’s nice to see our work recognized.”

    The Society of Professional Journalists has announced that former Loveland Magazine writer, sports editor, and talking head Ricky Mulvey, shared a Region 4, 2018 Mark of Excellence (MOE) Award with co-writers, Seth Shanley and Andrew Muller.

    Their column, All Jokes Aside placed 1st in the General Column Writing (Large) 10,000+ Students. All Jokes Aside was published in The Lantern, the student newspaper of The Ohio State University.

    SPJ’s Region 4 comprises Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.

    Mulvey graduated from The Ohio State University in 2018 and now works as a financial writer and producer for Allworth Financial. Mulvey was a paid intern at Loveland Magazine for 5-years when he attended Loveland schools.

    Mulvey added, “I love seeing Seth and Andrew growing at Ohio State and doing great things. Seth continues to write for The Lantern and has been published in The Hard Times. Andrew is very involved with the Buckeye Standup Comedy Club and is studying political science.”

    You can listen to Mulvey’s bi-weekly podcast of business news with his co-host David English on Loveland Magazine’s home page. Look for “Full of Cents”.

     

     

    The Society of Professional Journalists is the nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry through the daily work of its roughly 6,000 members; works to inspire and educate current and future journalists through professional development; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press through its advocacy efforts.