January 13, 200619 yr basically it goes into how its all about genetics, motivation, and drive. It also goes into how you cant tell much info from test scores because of the motivation of the teacher to teach the test. Its worth the read and might make you think differently about how you judge a school.
January 18, 200619 yr Yes, it's a new school name for a new school. The previous facility was McKinley, built in 1876: http://www.cps-k12.org/general/facilities/Schools/UpdatedProf/UMcKinleyLinwood.pdf Well I will be interested in seeing how this school scores in next years state report card. McKinley was in academic emergency and only achieved 1 out of 17 indicators. http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcardfiles/2004-2005/BUILD/023721.PDF You should read the book freakenomics great book and it will make you think about the whole judging a school based on test scores or location I will have to check it out.
January 20, 200619 yr These two schools are being demolished presently. Permits have been issued for demolition of the Pleasant Ridge school as well. CPS starts demolition of 2 schools Cincinnati Public Schools has begun tearing down two schools to clear the way for new buildings at the sites. Clifton School's south building on Clifton Avenue will be razed, along with the former Academy of World Languages on Fairfax Avenue in Evanston. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/01/16/daily24.html From the 1/19/06 Enquirer: Five charter schools in peril Agency, CPS cite academic, financial problems By Jennifer Mrozowski Enquirer staff writer Four Cincinnati charter schools must find new agencies to oversee them or face closure next year. A fifth school has been notified that its contract could be suspended unless student performance improves. The Lucas County Educational Service Center, a Toledo agency that oversees charters, informed Dohn Community High School in Walnut Hills, A.B. Miree Fundamental Academy in Bond Hill and Maud Booth Academy downtown, that it would not renew their contracts because of their performance, including financial problems and low test scores. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/NEWS0102/601190362/1058/NEWS01
January 20, 200619 yr I drove past the Academy of World Languages yesterday, and they ain't kidding - demo is under way! Thanks for the round-up...those aerial shots are just wonderful...I assume they hired a Cessna and a photographer or something - man, I'd love to pull that gig!
January 24, 200619 yr From the 1/24/06 Enquirer: CPS construction cost rises Projection jumps $49M for first 24 of 64 schools By Jennifer Mrozowski Enquirer staff writer Cincinnati Public Schools' $1 billion building project is expected to be almost $49 million over budget for the first 24 of 64 schools being renovated or built, officials said Monday. The schools, expected to cost $390 million, are now estimated at $438.6 million, or 12 percent over projections made when budgets were developed in 2002. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/NEWS0102/601240342/-1/rss
January 25, 200619 yr This alarming report about Cinti schools examines dropout rates, functional illiteracy, and much more. http://www.socialareasofcincinnati.org/report/Chapter6.html
January 31, 200619 yr From the 1/30/06 Enquirer: PHOTO: Tanya Simpson of Clovedale camps out with other parents at Dater Montessori in Westwood to enroll their kids Sunday. Enrollment for Cincinnati Public Schools' magnet schools begins today. The Enquirer/Cara Owsley Parents line up for CPS magnet schools BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The night promised to be long and cold for more than a dozen parents who were camped outside Dater Montessori in Westwood by 9 p.m. Sunday to enroll their children in the popular magnet program. Today marks the beginning of general enrollment for Cincinnati Public Schools' magnet schools, which include Montessori, Paideia and other specialty programs, but parents lined up for a leg up. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060130/NEWS0102/601300324/1058/NEWS01
February 13, 200619 yr From the 2/9/06 Cincinnati Business Courier: KnowledgeWorks to fund learning centers KnowledgeWorks Foundation will jump-start a Cincinnati educational partnership with a three-year grant totaling $300,000 to plan community learning centers. The partners, Xavier University and United Way of Greater Cincinnati recently formed the Community Building Institute. The nonprofit will use the money to plan centers at up to 22 Cincinnati public schools via a "community visioning process." It will also provide coaching and training for parents and neighborhood groups. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/02/06/daily40.html
February 18, 200619 yr Well, the Academy of World Languages is no more...it's a pile of concrete rubble now...
February 21, 200619 yr From the 2/20/06 Enquirer: PHOTO: Carson Thomas (left) and Tani Adeniyi, both 13, play behind the old Bond Hill Academy. The school is being demolished to make way for a new school building. Classroom instruction has been temporarily relocated to the former Losantiville School building. The Enquirer/Meggan Booker PHOTO: A polychrome terra cotta relief that had lined the roof of Condon is now in the façade of Rockdale. The Enquirer/ Meggan Booker PHOTO: Decorative iron gates that were outside the former Condon School were reused in the new Rockdale Academy in Avondale. The Enquirer/ Meggan Booker Historical touches have place New Bond Hill Academy will draw from its past BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER When the wrecking ball slams into the 74-year-old Bond Hill Academy in the next few weeks, the school will already have been stripped of several Rookwood fountains and decorative windows that will be preserved. Bond Hill is one of seven Cincinnati school buildings being demolished this year as part of the district's nearly $1 billion construction project. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060220/NEWS0102/602200331/-1/rss From the 2/20/06 Cincinnati Business Courier: Insider School built around a tree? Yew will see it in Clifton Dan Monk Hey, Yew. That's right, we're talking to yew, "taxus cuspidata capitada." Also known as the big, old evergreen tree on the site of the former Clifton primary school. Yew can thank tree lovers in Clifton, who recently convinced Cincinnati Public Schools not to uproot the 150-year-old tree as part of a school construction project. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2006/02/20/tidbits1.html
February 22, 200619 yr Thanks for the update. I can't believe they demolished these beautiful buildings in Pleasant Ridge. I now how photos that can never be taken again:
February 23, 200619 yr CPS may prune building again Plan likely to be scaled down as enrollment slides BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Cincinnati Public Schools this spring likely will scale back the district's nearly $1 billion building plan for the third time to account for declining enrollment. The district has already downsized the plan twice in response to enrollment reviews required by the state, which is helping to pay for the project. The original plan called for 66 new or renovated schools to house 42,165 students. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/NEWS0102/602230335/1058/NEWS0103
February 23, 200619 yr Is it Hays or Porter K-8 that is supposed to be on the site right next to City West, bounded by Clark-Cutter-Court-Mound?
February 23, 200619 yr ^ Neither. I was there this weekend and toured 2 models of City West and the plan calls for all housing on those lots. I am not sure where the new school is going and the realtor didn't know either.
February 23, 200619 yr The block north of Clark (bounded by Cutter-Ezzard Charles-John) is included in the Drees housing plat. But the area south of Clark St. and east of Cutter isn't, and the Drees guy told me a school was going to be built there, eventually. I'm just not sure if it is Hays (scheduled to begin construction this spring) or Porter (construction postponed indefinitely). It is the former site of Hays-Porter School, which they tore down a year or so ago.
February 25, 200619 yr Hays is the one that's going to be built at Clark and Cutter. I'm not even sure why Porter is necessary. It used to hold the middle school grades while Hays had the elementary children, but due to declining enrollment the Hays portion of the complex became K-8. So they've said they're going to postpone Porter, but my guess is that it will eventually be dropped altogether. From the 2/24/06 Enquirer: PHOTO: Silverton City Councilman Mark Quarry visits Ralph Ficke Memorial Park. The council is considering a land swap so that a new school can be built in the park. Quarry still has some questions about the plan. The Enquirer/Meggan Booker Silverton considering swap of park land for new school Cincinnati Public sees benefits; city contemplating the details BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER SILVERTON - The city and Cincinnati Public Schools are considering a land swap so the new school planned for Silverton could be built in a park. Under the proposal, the new school would be constructed in Ralph Ficke Memorial Park in 2009. The city is considering transferring 7 acres of the 12.6-acre park to the school system. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060224/NEWS0102/602240418/1058/NEWS01
March 7, 200619 yr A shot of the Academy of World Languages site - another crappy shot, but you can see rubble!
March 22, 200619 yr wow! i had never fully understood the extent of the withrow campus. the football field must really be a neat place to watch games...Nippert-like in some ways. is that public housing in the bottom right hand corner of that aerial image?
March 23, 200619 yr PhattNati, the things you see in the bottom right is not pulbic housing but rather a fairly upscale apartment/condo? complex. On a new note...is Kilgour really getting torn down!? That is such a nice looking school right off the square...
March 23, 200619 yr Oh I just saw Kilgour and a graphic that didnt look much like the existing building and I assumed it was getting replaced. Good to hear it won't be torn down.
March 23, 200619 yr could you imagine if everyone with kids that lived in Hyde park sent their kids to withrow, i bet test scores and graduation rates would be fantastic.
April 19, 200619 yr From the 4/17/06 Enquirer: PHOTO: This yew, estimated to be 130 to 150 years old, is on property where a new school will be built on Clifton Avenue. Plans for the new Fairview School were redesigned to spare the tree. However, builders can't guarantee that disruption at the site won't disturb the yew or its roots. The Enquirer / Carrie Cochran A tree grows in Clifton And that won't be the end of the story BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER CLIFTON - After horticulturalists lobbied Cincinnati Public Schools to save a Japanese yew, formally known as a taxus cuspidata Capitata, the district agreed. The evergreen, across from Clifton School, where the Fairview School will be built, is thought to be 130 to 150 years old. It may have been planted by Adolph Strauch, former superintendent of Cincinnati's parks. He also was the designer and former superintendent of what is now Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060417/NEWS01/604170339/1058 [update deleted, new update posted 5/17/06]: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=2139.msg98060#msg98060
April 19, 200619 yr The saving of the yew tree (really an overgrown bush) is classic Clifton activism. Funny, but I guess I am glad they saved it.
April 23, 200619 yr George W. Hay School broke ground on friday. It is slated for completion by the 2007 schoolyear. The school is located at the corner of Mound & Cutter Streets. FYI this is a P-8 school.
April 24, 200619 yr Ink; Preschool is offered at many CPS schools, but it costs something like 4,000/year for half days and 8,000 per year for full days. It is offered for free for poor people who qualify for headstart. The preschool programs at the Montessori schools are in high demand, and have waiting lists.
April 25, 200619 yr Here is the exact story (WKRC) Funding For New Schools Cut LAST UPDATE: 4/25/2006 10:09:47 AM The state of Ohio is slashing its contribution to the billion dollar plan to rebuild Cincinnati schools. School officials say the state now says it won't pay for items such as brick outside walls and slanted roofs. Superintendent Rosa Blackwell updated the school board Monday night on the school facilities plan to replace or renovate every Cincinnati public school over the next 10 years. Originally the state of Ohio was expected to cover 23% of the costs. Now, they only plan to cover 16%, a loss of $36 million. School officials say the board hopes to decide in the next month what it will do about the cut in state funding.
April 25, 200619 yr Dont worry ink, Columbus didnt stop there when screwing Cincinnati came up in their most recent meeting. See the article about the state gambling issue reported by the Enquirer. Columbus continues to stick it to Cincinnati in every imanginable way! Its time for a wholesale change in the state government.....NO MORE IDIOTS!!!
April 25, 200619 yr Here is the exact story (WKRC) Funding For New Schools Cut LAST UPDATE: 4/25/2006 10:09:47 AM School officials say the state now says it won't pay for items such as brick outside walls and slanted roofs. That's it, slanted roofs and brick outside walls. Whatever. :-(
April 25, 200619 yr What do they want to use vinyl siding? Flat roofs which have been prone to leak in schools since the beginning of time? Are they doing this statewide?
April 25, 200619 yr Don't you guys know that Lakota schools are the example. Who needs schools with character and durability? Prison schools are so nice. West Chester rocks :-P
April 27, 200619 yr Here's an expanded version of that story from today's Cincinnati Post: State funding for city schools cut By Tom O'Neill Post staff reporter Cincinnati Public Schools will get $36 million less in state funding over the life of its 10-year facilities master plan than was originally calculated. Declining CPS enrollment was among numerous factors that prompted the Ohio School Facilities Commission to scale back its partnership share. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060426/NEWS01/604260372/1010/RSS01 LEARNING CENTERS HONORED By Tom O'Neill Post staff reporter Cincinnati Public Schools' plans for expanding schools into community-learning centers were honored recently by the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition for Community Schools. The city of Cincinnati was one of just 11 communities in the U.S. lauded by the national organization's just-published report "Growing Community Schools: The Role of Cross-boundary Leadership." Here's a completely unrelated story that I found interesting: German just comes naturally BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI / ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER When teacher Scott Rooksberry walks into the kindergarten classrooms at Fairview German Language School, the students know the rule: Kein Englisch. The meaning: No speaking English allowed. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060424/NEWS0102/604240330/1077/rss02
April 27, 200619 yr ^Wow, the state is only paying 16%? Thats awful, in Hamilton the state is (saying they are) paying 59% of the tab. I understand Cincy has a bigger tax base, but the difference is just amazing.
April 27, 200619 yr From the 4/27/06 Enquirer: Schools on raze list being repaired BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Cincinnati Public Schools officials say some repairs just can't wait, so the district plans almost $2.2 million in maintenance this summer. The schools are slated to close or be renovated later as part of the school system's 10-year, almost $1 billion construction project. But the buildings still must be improved in the meantime, Christine Wolff, a district spokeswoman, said. The project to renovate or rebuild 64 schools is to be complete in about 2014. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/NEWS01/604270358/1056/rss02 And a minor story here. From the 4/26/06 Western Hills Press: PHOTO: The new Western Hills High School baseball stadium features a press box, stands, concession stand, restrooms and oversized dugouts. Athletic director Ken Laake said the dugouts are larger than those at some minor league ballparks. ROBIN MCINTOSH/COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF West High opens new ballpark First game against neighborhood rival Elder on Thursday BY ROBIN MCINTOSH | COMMUNITY PRESS STAFF WRITER A Christmas of sorts will come to Western Hills High School Thursday. That's when the first game will be played at the new Paul "Pappy" Nohr field at the Arch McCartney baseball complex at the school. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060426/NEWS01/604260880/1074/Local
April 28, 200619 yr SCPA posts moved to the Washington Park thread: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=2568.0
May 12, 200619 yr From the 5/10/06 Enquirer: School partnerships garner praise Report cites Cincinnati as good example of joining with neighborhoods BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Cincinnati Public Schools has gained national attention for its work in creating community and school partnerships as part of the district's nearly $1 billion building project. The district was one of 11 school systems recognized in a report released Tuesday by the Washington D.C.-based Coalition for Community Schools, an alliance of organizations in education, youth development and other areas. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060510/NEWS0102/605100332/1058/NEWS01
May 17, 200619 yr Wow, Rees E. Price Academy sure has a freaky sky: Thanks for the update - always wonderful to see!
May 30, 200619 yr CPS building plan clouded Enrollment, costs make completion difficult task BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER Rapidly rising construction costs, falling enrollment and millions of dollars less in state support are forcing Cincinnati Public Schools to look into scaling back its nearly $1 billion school construction and rebuilding project. Several board members want the district to rehabilitate fewer schools. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/NEWS0102/605300330
May 30, 200619 yr A related article.... Plans for the CPS buildings Cincinnati Public School's 10-year facilities project, in its fourth year, has already faced several revisions. The district originally planned for 66 new and renovated schools housing 42,165 students. Now, 64 schools (38,565 seats) are planned with four of those projects deferred pending enrollment review. The plan to date includes: Schools completed: Rockdale (New construction/existing site) Midway (New construction/new site) Roll Hill (New construction/existing site) Winton Hills (New construction/existing site) Pleasant Hill (New construction/existing site) Riverview East (New construction/new site) Opening soon: Woodward High (New construction/existing site) Cheviot (Renovation) Rees E. Price (New construction/new site) Under construction: Douglass (New construction/new site) Millvale (New construction/new site) Shroder (New construction/new site) Roberts (New construction/existing site) Withrow High (Renovation) Being designed: Hays (New construction/existing site) Academy of World Languages (New construction/existing site) Fairview (New construction/new site) Kilgour (Renovation) South Avondale (New construction/existing site) Mount Airy (New construction/existing site) Bond Hill (New construction/existing site) Pleasant Ridge (New construction/existing site) Carson (New construction/existing site) Covedale (New construction/existing site) Parker (New construction/existing site) Whittier (New construction/existing site) K-12 arts school (New construction/new site) Hughes Center (Renovation) Remaining: Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies (Renovation) Aiken (Renovation) Bloom (Renovation to a neighborhood school) Burton (New construction/existing site) Central Fairmount (Renovation) Chase (Renovation) Clark (Renovation) College Hill (Renovation) Dater High (Renovation) Dater Montessori (Renovation) Gamble (Renovation) Hartwell (Renovation) Hoffman (New construction/new site) Hyde Park (Renovation) Jacobs (New construction, conversion to a K-8 school) Military Academy (New construction/new site) New Montessori High School (New construction at existing Heinold site) Mt. Washington (Renovation) North Avondale (Renovation) Oyler (Renovation) Parham (Renovation) Porter (New Construction) Quebec Heights (New construction/existing site) Roselawn Condon (Renovation) Rothenberg (Renovation) Sands (New construction/existing site at former Eastern Hills) Sayler Park (Renovation) Schwab (New construction/existing site) Silverton (New construction/existing site) Taft High (Renovation) Taft Elementary (Renovation) Walnut Hills (Renovation) Washington Park (New construction/new site) Western Hills (Renovation) Westwood (Renovation) Woodford (Renovation) Removed from project: Bramble and Losantiville Source: Cincinnati Public Schools http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060530/NEWS0102/305300041
June 16, 200618 yr <i>Man, this is pretty sleazy. Good Catholics would squeeze a dollar out of rock.</i> <b>Voucher violation or loophole? Catholic school parents accused of trying to get public vouchers</b> BY JENNIFER MROZOWSKI | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Cincinnati Public School District is blocking the efforts of some private school parents who allegedly tried to enroll their children in the public district in the last days of school to qualify for state tuition vouchers. That prompted some parents and officials from St. Mary's School in Hyde Park and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to extend their regrets for the actions of the last-minute enrollees. St. Mary's also is considering re-examining its voucher policies. [Edited for copyright issues. No link provided.]
June 16, 200618 yr ^ Check out the school funding thread in Ohio Politics. There's a bunch of stuff about vouchers in there.
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