Chronicle Telegram March 18, 2016
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Chronicle Telegram March 18, 2016
at (440) 326-1570. ELYRIA — A national civil ing the evidence used to con- threshold that would allow was standing behind Crosby rights organization is looking vict Crosby, including crime him to be executed. The U.S. during the March 1, 2011, robEnrollment opens into the conviction of scene photographs. Supreme Court has ruled that of Smith Elyria Chronicle Telegram 03/18/2016 Copy Reduced to %d%% from original to fitbery letter page inside 511 W. for early college Donzelle Crosby for the fatal “There’s a lot of discrepan- those with mental handicaps 17th St. in Lorain. Crosby fired Enrollment for Lorain shooting of Jason Smith durcannot be put to death. three times, with one round County Early College High School is now open for Elyria eighth-graders and eighth grade students from surroundng districts through open enrollment to Elyria Schools. An information session planned 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Northwood Middle School, 700 Gulf Road, Elyria, is open or interested students and heir parents. Attendees will hear from students to learn more about the program. “The goal of Early College High School is to help students progress through their high school years in a small, upportive environment that hallenges them academically by blending the high school and college experience,” said ECHS Principal Dianne Quinn. We appreciate that the Elyria Schools are giving students rom around the county the opportunity to experience ECHS through open enrollment.” The ECHS program is different than College Credit Plus programs offered at local high chools. Students at ECHS are part of a small school of less than 350 tudents across all grades and pend all four years of high chool on the Lorain County Community College campus. KRISTIN BAUER / CHRONICLE At the end of four years, most North Ridgeville Schools Superintendent Jim Powell presents his State of the Schools address Thursday at the tudents earn a high school North Ridgeville Education Center. diploma and an associate degree. “This gives our students the opportunity to experience a ibrant college campus and earn how to function in that atmosphere,” Quinn said. The program serves students whose parents do not have a college degree. There is no additional cost to enroll in areas mirroring those in emy will be created at Lear ECHS. To begin the application which many students will North Elementary School process, interested students work when they enter tomor- once its first-grade pupils must complete a letter of sturow’s job market, Powell said. move to Liberty Elementary. dent interest and return it Offering a magnet-style The fluid feeling of learning along with a copy of their sevprogram emphasizing comexpansive view of snow-cov- studios also is designed to Steve Fogarty enth-grade report card. puter technology, the new The Chronicle-Telegram ered ground surrounded by make youngsters feel safe and The letter can be found at comfortable in a “home-like” venture will have a STEM curwalls that will become one of NORTH RIDGEVILLE — www.lorainccc.edu/early setting, Powell told the noon- riculum focused on math, sciThe face and nature of educa- the new school’s learning stu- time audience. ollege. The forms will also be ence, design and computer dios. tion will undergo big changes available at the information coding. Some 105 students will be Those open spaces repreover the next few years as the essions. To underscore the need for able to use the school’s multiNorth Ridgeville school dis- sent one of many means by Interest forms must be ple learning studio areas in concentrating on those subwhich the spacious 223,000trict goes through its biggest delivered to the ECHS office square-foot building will offer small or large groups, accord- jects, Powell cited predictions transformation. on the LCCC campus in the that shortages of adequately instruction to future genera- ing to Powell. That message was at the Physical and Social Science prepared workers will lead to “At home you ‘learn’ in vartions of students. heart of Superintendent Jim building, PS106, mailed to nearly a million computer ious rooms including the The openness of the learnPowell’s State of the Schools Early College High School, coding jobs going unfilled by kitchen, family room, etc.,” ing studio is in marked conaddress Thursday at the 1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, OH the year 2020. North Ridgeville Education trast to the conformity of tra- Powell said. 44035 or faxed to (440) 366Computer coding is a fastThe new school is set to ditional classrooms in which Center. 4710 by April 1. growing field that teaches The presentation accom- students sat in rows to learn welcome 2,100 students for To attend the information what is described as the symthe start of classes in 2017. panying Powell’s remarks English, math or geography. ession, register at (440) 366bolic arrangement of statePassage of an operating Changing views on the best included several photos and 7689 or visit www.lorainccc. ments or instructions in a levy and a $61 million bond ways to teach children are depictions of the district’s edu/earlycollege. new $58.1 million middle now leading educators and issue for the new school and computer program in which Elyria district gets school that will house grades school designers to concur stadium complex have also letters and digits are represtate auditor award three through eight taking that students do not learn enabled the district to under- sented as binary numbers. Part of the goals of the High shape on land along Bain- best “in isolation” but take other plans to help stuElyria Schools received a Tech Academy are to expand through the openness dents. bridge Road. See ROUNDUP, B2 A Ranger High Tech AcadOne photo showed an afforded by more flexible See SCHOOLS, B2 NORTH RIDGEVILLE STATE OF THE SCHOOLS Superintendent details upcoming transitions Among the changes are a new middle school and an academy focused on computer technology Rodriguez appeared in the doorway. Woods told the jury that he believed Crosby wa holding the gun. See REVIEW, B2 Avon police car crashes into truck Jon Wysochanski The Chronicle-Telegram AVON — A police ca crashed into a utility truck early Thursday and the cir cumstances of the acciden are being investigated by the Ohio Highway Patrol. Avon police Officer Andy Kehl crashed into the truck in which an unnamed worke was working in an elevated bucket on some phone o cable lines in the 2800 block of state Route 83 about 2:40 a.m. Avon Fire Chief Frank Roo said Kehl and the worker both were transported to area hos pitals for evaluation as a pre cautionary measure. Root said the police car had moderate damage and was towed. “Both were up and walking when we arrived,” Root said “The worker wasn’t thrown from the truck or anything but (the officer and worker were both taken in for evalua tion, although there were no obvious injuries.” Avon police said Keh radioed the station asking fo a supervisor to come to the location because he had been involved in an accident. Investigation of the acci dent was turned over to the Ohio Highway Patrol since i involved an Avon police ca rear-ending a work truck. Patrol Lt. Carlos Smith said troopers are working with Avon police to obtain dash camera footage so they can examine the events leading up to the crash. Smith added that the patro wants to look at all aspects o the crash, and it’s not clea whether the worker had proper lighting or signage on display while he was working along the road. Reports of the incident were not available and it is not clear what com pany the worker is employed by. State Route 83 was closed for around two hours while the crash scene was investi gated, police said, and alcoho is not believed to be a factor in the crash. Contact Jon Wysochanski at 329-712 or [email protected]. March 30, 2016 7:19 pm / Powered by TECNAVIA LIVE REMOTE BROADCAST THIS SATURDAY! Copyright © 2016 Chronicle Telegram 03/18/2016