School districts like Strongsville are doing some soul searching after levies failed in November, while others are facing the prospect of having to make further cuts.

The potential need for layoffs come just four years after the university already cut almost 200 staff during the early days of the pandemic.

The arrests come as tensions are heating back up on campus after a weeks-long encampment protest at the private university in Cleveland earlier this year.

School districts saw mixed results at the ballot, as they contend with headwinds like inflation and voters wary of further taxes after seeing property values jump from Ohio's sexennial property reappraisals.

Conotton Valley Union Local Schools' financial challenges come as other districts have said they were left in the lurch from another pipeline crossing Ohio fighting its tax valuation

Cuyahoga Community College's Democracy Fellows spread awareness about voting and elections to encourage their peers to vote.

Superintendent Michael Robinson listed his accomplishments in his first year and responded to criticism about his strained relationship with the teachers union and one school board member, among other issues during his 2024 State of the Schools speech at the Akron Press Club.

The NEO Voter Voices survey finds reticence for supporting increased school funding with districts facing more challenges in recent years getting levies approved.

The local GOP group's PAC has paid for mailers and a website to try to defeat the levy, arguing the district hasn't been a good steward of the funds it's been given.

A development organization in Canton, Canton For All People, is renovating a former church into a preschool. Their goal of filling all slots is to increase kindergarten readiness.