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![[Video] 2022 Homecoming Parade](https://lovelandmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/feature-2022-homecoming.jpg)
by David Miller
Loveland, Ohio – It was Thursday, October 6, 2022, when the streets of Loveland, Ohio’s Historic Downtown were crowded with thousands of screaming and cheering Loveland High School Tiger fans for the procession of the Homecoming Parade.
The parade is Thursday, October 6
Starts at 6:30
Loveland, Ohio – This year’s Loveland High School Homecoming Parade will be on Thursday, October 6.
The Homecoming Game will be Friday, October 7 against the Little Miami Panthers. The Tigers are on a 3-game winning streak and now 3-4 (3-3). The visiting Panthers are 2-5 (1-5).
The Loveland Athletic Boosters Homecoming Parade, celebrating Loveland High Schools Homecoming is a Loveland tradition. The Parade starts at the Moose Lodge Hall on East Loveland Avenue and proceeds to West Loveland Avenue, to Rich Road, and ends at Loveland High School.
The annual Powder Puff football game will be held at Tiger Stadium immediately following the parade. The school is at #1 Tiger Trail.
2022 Homecoming Parade Registration – High School and Middle School Participants
The Grand Marshal this year is Jeff Williams. Jeff was president of Loveland Athletic Boosters for over 10 years. Parade organizer Tori Morrison said, “He was instrumental in getting funding for our first turf field and building our Athletic Fitness Center which is used by athletes in grades 7-12. I can’t think of a better or more deserving person to serve as our Grand Marshal.”
Here is the Loveland Magazine TV video from the 2019 Homecoming Parade
Loveland, Ohio – Congratulations to “Commended” students for their outstanding performance on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test: Austin Smith, Zachary Peebles, and Andrew Partin.
by David Miller
Loveland, Ohio – The photography of Sohani Gauniyal caught my eye at the Whistle Stop Pottery Affaire in Historic Downtown Loveland on September 3.
Sohani is a sophomore at Loveland Highschool. She said, “I first got into photography a couple of years ago, and ever since then I’ll go out in my backyard from time to time and take pictures of plants and the like.” She also says she also enjoys writing and rock climbing.
I later contacted Sohani and asked her if we could share the photos in Loveland Magazine. I told her that if the photo of the chess match was blown up to about 5 feet tall and mounted from the floor up, people would start to walk right into the room because the chess board looked so much like a tiled floor. She said, “The chess picture features my dad, and a chess set I got when my mom visited her family in India. What’s funny is that we set up the board so the move would be legal if you studied it, but due to the angle the black knight is coming from, it looks like an illegal move.”
“The coral is from my dad’s fish tank. I got a picture of it by putting my lens directly up against the glass of the tank. Thankfully, the color came out all right. Generally, the dark blue light we use to simulate “night” in the tank messes with my camera, but here it made the coral glow a nice neon color.”
Sohani accepts commissioned work and can be contacted at: sohani.gauniyal@gmail.com
According to the CDC:
In Clermont County, Ohio, the community level is High.
In Butler County, Ohio, the community level is High.
In Hamilton County, Ohio, the community level is Medium.
In Warren County, Ohio, the community level is Medium.
MEDIUM AND HIGH
HIGH
LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH
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Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School students Allyson Colegate, Broderick Merz, Carmen Noe, and Evan Osgood are National Merit Semifinalists.
They will now wait to learn if they will become a National Merit Scholarship recipient. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Learning Garden is hosting a scavenger hunt for kids in their garden as part of The Greater Cincinnati Great Outdoor Weekend on Sunday, September 25 between Noon and 4 PM.
The Garden is on the campus of the Loveland Primary and Elementary schools.
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The mission of Loveland Learning Garden is to foster lifelong connections to the wonders of the natural world. Their mission statement says, “We believe in the benefits of immersing kids in the outdoors from a young age and the lasting impact of positive impressions with nature.” To support this, the non-profit creates and manages garden and nature-based programs on school grounds for elementary students. “Our garden and nature trail are used to enhance classroom study while allowing children an opportunity to experience nature, the satisfaction of growing their own food, and contributing harvest to the local food pantry.”
The program in Loveland serves ~1,400 1st through 4th-grade students and has been a local and national role model for outdoor school garden and nature programs. Working in collaboration with school administration and staff, they offer a complete package of services that include:
The Learning Garden is on the search for Nature Educators to lead lessons in the garden and/or nature trail during the school day or as part of our afterschool program this fall. Here is the link to the Volunteer Match.
Come volunteer with other like-minded people in the beautiful learning garden. No experience is necessary, the new garden manager will be there to guide you all along the way. Tasks may include transplanting, planting seeds, weeding, laying wood chips, compost management, etc. Meet at the garden located in between the Loveland Primary and Elementary schools on Loveland Madeira Road. The garden is in between the buildings when looking from the street side. Look for a garden shed with the Learning Garden logo, Bring your family and friends. Children are welcome, Feel free to leave early or come later as needed.
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District has announced the results of the 2021-2022 Ohio School Report Card. The district scored a 5-star rating in every category.
“This is a tremendous achievement for Loveland City School District, and a testament to the hard work of our students and their families, and the outstanding support offered by our outstanding staff,” Superintendent Mike Broadwater said.
Loveland City School District earned five stars in every component of the Ohio School Report Card, including Achievement, Early Literacy, Gap Closing, Graduation Rate, and Progress. Loveland City School District is only one of 12 districts across the state of Ohio to earn all five-star ratings, placing the district in the top 2% in Ohio.
“Two goals of our #beLOVEland Strategic Vision are student success and fiscal responsibility. Being able to achieve at a high level while keeping a close eye on the bottom line is further evidence that we are delivering a fantastic educational value for our Loveland City Schools community. We look forward to their continuing support,” Broadwater said.
Follow this link, and search for “Loveland” to learn more about Loveland’s Ohio School Report Card results: https://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/home.
You can learn more about the Ohio School Report Card and how to interpret results by following this link.
| For over two years, 55 Black mothers and children in Hillsboro, Ohio, marched daily to a whites-only school to demand admission. The Lincoln School Story highlights a facet of the Black struggle for freedom that is too often under-recognized. Remembering the efforts of the marchers to integrate public schools in southwest Ohio provides important context for understanding the Black experience in the United States. The stories shared by the Lincoln School marchers help us imagine a future free of racial inequality. This project provides an opportunity to connect and build understanding. Here are a few of the things documentary viewers said they want to share with their friends: |
| “History lives through us. We first learn to experience history in our bodies then later in our hearts.” “Ohio played an important role in the civil rights movement.” “The fearless and persistent mothers who fought for a better life for their children. AMAZING!” “There are good people in dark places! Keep believing.” “Perseverance and love can change the world.” |
Ohio Humanities is proud to support important projects like The Lincoln School Story so that we can learn from the powerful dedication and bravery of those who fight for change. We plan to expand this project by funding an extended documentary that will explore the story in more depth and producing complementary educational materials and a children’s book.
If you value projects like The Lincoln School Story, please make a gift to Ohio Humanities so that more Ohioans can learn about the people, moments, and movements that have made our state what it is. And help us reach more people by sharing this link with your friends and family. Encourage them to sign up to receive our newsletter, magazine, updates on events and activities, and more ways to get involved with Ohio Humanities.
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by Linda Holtkamp
By now, the people of Loveland Schools should know about the proposed Loveland School levy, and how the cost of this proposed increase will affect your property taxes.
Currently, 1 Mill is equal to almost exactly $1,000,000, and the school is asking us for 4.9 Mills, additional. The formula to calculate what this proposed levy will cost you is simple. Superintendent Mike Broadwater has a video on the school website with an explanation and many thanks to him for providing that.
Find your property on your County Auditor’s website. Look for “property search” on both Hamilton and Clermont County sites. There you will find both the Appraised Market Value (full appraised value of your home) and also the Assessed Value (the amount that is taxable). Then grab your calculator and use this:
Appraised Market Value (full home or house value) x .35 x .0049 = $$$$
OR, use your Assessed Value (taxable amount) x .0049 = $$$$
With either math formula, the amount you will owe will be the same $$$$.
The .0049 represents the amount of this levy ask… 4.9 Mills, generating a total of close to $4.9 Million Dollars, each year, continuously (permanently), as an operating levy for the schools.
A Google search for current home values in Loveland lists that properties in Loveland range from $40,000 to $2.9 Million. The Grail was going to sell land to the school district for $7.7 Million, so yes, there are some high-value properties that exist here.
The LCSD treasurer used the Zillow website in his presentation at a recent board meeting. Zillow lists the average house value in Loveland, at the end of July, to be $377,047.
Using the average house value that the treasurer listed, $377,047, the calculated increase for an average value home in Loveland, for this school levy, will be about $650 per year. This is a permanent tax, which will be piled on top of the existing 18 continuous (permanent) levies, two permanent inside millage taxes, as well as a 26-year bond levy (which will be paid off in a few years).
69% of homes in Loveland are lived in by the homeowner, while 31% are rental properties, according to RentCafe, a marketing website that tracks these trends.
Homeowners will have to pay the extra costs of this levy, and other recent property taxes that have passed but not yet been billed, starting in January 2023. Landlords can be expected to raise rents to cover the 13% increase in Loveland School taxes, and those other taxes as well. Rentals in Loveland are pricy, average $1,361 for 959 sq. ft., only surpassed locally by rentals in Blue Ash.
Information from the recent Census lists that 6.1% of people in Loveland are under 5 years old, and that 26.3% are under 18 years of age. This would indicate that, out of Loveland’s population, about 20% are school-age children. A good number of those school-age children do not attend Loveland Schools, but opt for private, parochial, charter, or homeschooling.
Residents over 65 years old, seniors, again according to Census numbers, comprise 15.9% of the population of Loveland. It seems there are close to as many senior citizens in Loveland as there are school-age children.
According to the school website, the District serves a population of 50,000, when including those who live both inside and outside of Loveland City proper. Student enrollment in LCSD is approximately 4,000. That works out to 8% of Loveland-at-large residents are students of LCSD. That means 92% of Lovelanders sacrifice monetarily via property taxes, to educate 8% of the Loveland district population.
Though many residents strongly insist this 13% increase in school property taxes is for the good of the 4,000 current students of Loveland, is there ever any emphasis on how a 13% increase might harm the considerable number of senior citizens in Loveland? The Homestead tax reduction, (aimed at helping seniors) has effectively disappeared, so relief on property taxes is essentially nonexistent.
For those who feel that not passing this levy will hurt property values… that depends on your outlook. Of all the people who live in Loveland now, according to the Census, 69% were born in Ohio. As a life-long resident myself, I know that many, many of these 69% are “long-term” residents of Loveland. Think of those you know who have made their home here for at least 15 years, as well as those who have lived here for decades. Do we like seeing our property values rise? Of course, we do. But do these permanent levies, which burden us forever, give us a good return on our investment? Or are higher property values more likely to aid those who live here only for a short time? We’ve spent tens upon tens of thousands of dollars to support the schools. Our schools… LCSD. Proudly. Will property value increases repay any of that? Will some residents eventually be forced out of their homes because continual taxation is part of the homeownership costs that are skyrocketing? Admittedly you can’t monetize the value of education. You can’t accurately assess the harm of passing on the cost of these school levies to those who truly can’t afford them, either.
Remember that 2/3 of our community does not have children attending Loveland Schools. But a tax like this, if passed, places a burden on every single resident.. homeowner or renter, school parent or senior. The importance of voting cannot be overstated, and absentee or early in-person voting makes it easy for us all.
Many of us complain about how much is sent to schools already, but these taxes are firmly entrenched, school enrollment numbers continue to drop, and LCSD has been making everything work pretty well with the over $50 Million Dollars per year that they already get (some $35 Million of that from local property taxes… us). They use these funds to educate 4,000 students out of a district population of 50,000… 8% of our community at large.
These funds cannot be taken back, so use them with our blessing.
Don’t ask for more.