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Only six schools in the nation received the Phoebe Apperson-Hearst National PTA Family-School Partnership Award of Excellence, and Wilson Elementary School was one of them.
Wilson was recognized for “Collaborating with Community.” Principal Dr. Ann Roberts accepted the award on behalf of her staff. “They did it all,” she said. Work on the award application [...]

How do you keep an award-winning school district on top, even as enrollment and expenses rise, as buildings crumble and as the anti-tax crowd cries like a bunch of kindergartners at the very idea of spending money on something as wasteful as education?
Those are the tough issues facing the Forest Hills Board of Education. [...]

Should kindergarteners go to school all day?  A new Ohio law requires all-day kindergarten beginning in the 2010 school year.  Right now, Forest Hills only offers half-day.  More than two-thirds of Ohio schools have full-day kindergarten, and more than half of Cincinnati-area schools offer it.
Here’s a question from Around Anderson reader Michael:
My four-year-old daughter is [...]

When I was a kid, we said the Pledge of Allegience in school.  We stood, put our hands over our hearts, and saluted one nation under God.  The real God.
In second grade, there was a little girl that I barely knew.  Every morning, the teacher asked her to leave the classroom and stand in the [...]

Another summer has come and gone.  Tuesday morning (8/25), scenes like this one played out all around Anderson as Forest Hills Schools students went back to class to begin the 2009 school year:

Emma arrived home safe, happy and excited about all of her new experiences.  Good luck to all of the students around Anderson!

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In my house, those words are uttered just as often as “What’s for dinner?” My kids attend Forest Hills schools and, sad to say, the school lunches just aren’t as good [...]

The Forest Hills School District again earned an Excellent with Distinction rating from the Ohio Department of Education based on state achievement test scores, attendance, and graduation rates.
The district has been rated Excellent with Distinction or Excellent for nine consecutive years. “Our students, staff, parents and communities are to be commended for this outstanding achievement,” [...]

Students and parents around Anderson once again start the school year with renewed concerns about one of the most-feared communicable diseases of childhood:

On a more positive note, Forest Hills School teachers and administrators are excited to kick off the new school year, which officially begins with the first day of classes next Tuesday (8/25). [...]

Forest Hills is losing mo’ money.  With the new Ohio state budget approved in Columbus, school districts across the state are learning about their losses.
According to formulas used to calculate funding for each district, Forest Hills Schools will lose 1% of it state funding in the 2009-10 school year.  It’s worse for 2010-11 with a [...]

Supporters of a 6.9 mill operating levy for Forest Hills Schools want you to attend a rally on Sunday (3/15) from 2-3pm at Nagel Middle School.
Forest Hills voters will decide that levy on Tuesday May 5th.  If it passes, property taxes will go up $204 per $100,000 of home value.  Supporters point out that even [...]