Zack Carreon
Reporter at WVXU-FM (Cincinnati, OH)
Education Reporter at Cincinnati Public Radio
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Zack Carreon
The state of Ohio has announced nearly $60 million in grants across the state to clean up vacant buildings and empty industrial sites to prepare them for redevelopment. The West End's Regal Theater, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2023, will receive just over $486,000 to remove asbestos and other potentially hazardous materials. The state says this cleanup project is intended to prepare the historic theater for future investment.
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3 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Zack Carreon
The 2025 inductees of the Cincinnati Black Music Walk of Fame include two iconic groups, a jazz legend, and an award-winning gospel singer. This year's class hales from across the state, but all have roots in Southwest Ohio. Leading the way in 2025 is the pioneering funk group The Ohio Players.
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3 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Zack Carreon
Cincinnati Public Schools' Board of Education has approved a wave of staff reductions as it works to whittle down its operating budget for the next fiscal year. The staff reductions were part of a handful of budget cuts approved by board members on Monday night, which also included the sale of some unused property owned by the school district. The school district says it still has millions to cut to reach its operating budget goal of $624 million before the end of June.
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4 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Zack Carreon
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) is asking the U.S. Department of Education to extend pandemic emergency relief grants for 13 school districts across the state, including four districts in the Cincinnati area. Ohio says it is looking to have almost $7 million in funding reinstated for projects at Middletown City Schools, Finneytown Local Schools, Mt. Healthy City Schools, and the ReGeneration Avondale Elementary charter school.
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4 weeks ago |
wvxu.org | Zack Carreon
Middletown City Schools said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Education has abruptly recalled $5.6 million in previously promised pandemic relief funding, potentially leaving the school district in a monumental financial hole. Under the Biden administration, the Department of Education had offered extensions to state and local school systems to use remaining relief funding.
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