Thursday, October 21, 1999
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At least 1 injured in car-semi accident
An automobile and tractor-trailer were involved in an accident Wednesday night on Interstate 75 just south of Mitchell Avenue that injured at least one of the drivers and shut down northbound lanes for a half-hour.
The driver of the car was trapped briefly in her Honda Civic. The accident occurred at 10:45 p.m at the 6.2-mile marker. Six fire units and four police units were dispatched to the scene.
The injured driver was taken to University Hospital, where she was reported in good condition. Further details were unavailable.
Organizers withdraw vocational school plan
Developers who wanted to open a vocational charter school in Cincinnati Public Schools next fall announced this week that they're withdrawing their application until school board members agree on the role charter schools should take in district reforms.
Herb Smitherman, a retired research chemist at Procter & Gamble, said Wednesday that his team may present the proposal for the Engineering & Technology Academy again next year if the board seems more receptive.
“We want to wait and see what the board's position is,” he said. “It doesn't seem like it's clear now.”
The board adopted a charter school policy last spring, making it the first in Ohio poised to approve its own charter schools.
But some board members have grown skeptical, saying charter schools pose too much competition and drain the district of energies it should spend on existing schools.
The board is expected to vote on Superintendent Steven Adamow-
ski's recommendation to approve the East End Community Heritage School at its meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at district headquarters, 2651 Burnet Ave., Corryville.
Bond set for suspect in Hamilton beating
HAMILTON — A suspect was being held Wednesday in the Butler County Jail following his arrest in a baseball-bat beating that left a 42-year-old man critically injured.
Bond was set for Michael Lee Maloney, 19. He is charged with felonious assault.
Police on Wednesday did not say what led to the attack.
The victim, Leonard Rice, was in critical condition Wednesday at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton.
Third beating suspect arrested in Arkansas
The last of three suspects being sought in the Corryville beating death of an Ecuadoran immigrant has been arrested, Cincinnati police said Wednesday.
Francisco Javier Rodriquez Martinez, last known address in Covington, was arrested in Arkansas.
Mr. Martinez, Mario Salazari and Anibal Hernandez were sought by police for the April 24 death of Mesias Gonzalez, a native of Ecuador, outside a Corryville bar.
In September, tips to Cincinnati's Crime Stoppers unit resulted in the arrest of Mr. Salazari and Mr. Hernandez.
The three men are accused of attacking Mr. Gonzalez in the 3200 block of Jefferson Avenue. Mr. Gonzalez died May 6 at University Hospital of head injuries.
Health Foundation announces eight grants
Two outlying health clinic programs for low-income patients are getting new grant support.
The grants — $69,853 for a community health center in Rising Sun, Ind., and $51,500 for a health center in Butler County to be run by Mercy Health Partners — are among eight projects receiving more than $332,000 from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati.
The foundation — created by the sale of ChoiceCare to Humana Inc. — awards more than $8 million a year for projects in a 20-county area that focus on care to low-income people, mental illness, substance abuse and school-based health programs.
Other projects winning grants were: $72,460 to the Silver Grove Independent School District to develop a home intervention team; $52,500 to the Mental Health Consumer Network for a telephone support line; $25,000 to BMF Pediatric Care to merge with two medical practices serving primarily low-
income populations; $24,500 to the Rockdale Temple Sisterhood to produce and distribute senior service resource cards; $23,100 to Working in Neighborhoods for health benefit education programs; $13,500 to Nurses in Advanced Practice Inc. for a mental health needs study for students in the Cincinnati Public Schools.
Teaming project pays dividends at schools
Cincinnati Public Schools that implemented “teaming” — in which teams of teachers stay with the same students for several years — reported fewer suspensions and modest achievement gains, according to a consortium of colleges hired to study the reform.
The Consortium for Policy Research in Education found that achievement gains in schools implementing teaming well were 3 to 10 percent higher than at schools having trouble implementing teaming.
Student and teacher turnover made teaming difficult to implement at some schools, the report noted. The report studied teaming at 20 schools that implemented the reform in 1997-98 and 1998-99.
Budget cuts and confusion about accountability and autonomy also created problems, the report noted.
Teaming spurred more peer collaboration and trust among teachers, researchers found.
Researchers recommended giving team-based teachers more time to evaluate curriculum and instruction. The district also should strive to slow teacher turnover, they said.
Researchers presented their findings Wednesday to school board members.
The consortium's members are the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin.
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Montgomery Road may become light-rail corridor
New rules to protect kids on Internet
School chief: No weapons for teachers
Stadium dollars out for The Banks
Brother's cancer inspires 103 parachute jumps
Single vote can make difference in local races
Weekend detours for I-71, I-275 intersections
Council affirms clinics are a priority
Dole gave up on race before local fund-raiser
Edict halts inquiry of police chief
Girl says motorist tried to abduct her
Paw, kids caught being nice
Proposed runway would displace hundreds
Achievements of character
List of award recipients
Naked Cowboy's tour hits local roadblock
CSO guest conductor rising star in Chicago
'Disney on Ice' spins through 75 years of hits
Family rallies around 'Snoopy'
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Art auction a creative way to help share with the needy
City gives go-ahead for new postal facility
DOE report criticizes uranium plant contractor
Driver pleads guilty in fatality
Energy Dept. faults contractors for not telling of Paducah risks
Family Center specializes in resources
Fire damages Royal Paper
Group plans protest of jail location
Interim principal appointed
Ky. opposed in plan to alter AIDS reporting
NCH turns clock back to Civil War
Rain, wet winter may ease drought
Schools give job security to subs
Science wing to be built at school
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