Melissa Burden

Colton Schroeder, a rising senior at Otsego High School, decided to join Youth Leadership Toledo, a leadership development program, when he was a sophomore. As luck would have it, he was matched with a sports program he has since fallen in love with. “Glass City TOPSoccer allows me to have a hands-on impact on this community,” Mr. Schroeder, now a paid soccer coach, said.

Stopping short of a final decision, the Springfield Board of Education approved a resolution allowing for paperwork to be sent to the Ohio Department of Taxation certifying an earned-income tax levy for the November ballot. During Wednesday’s school board meeting, the board approved a resolution declaring the necessity of raising $4,546,110 annually for school district purposes. It then approved a resolution allowing paperwork to be sent to Columbus.

Ron Kamal said he was doubtful when his 80-year-old mom, Nada Kwiatkowski, told him she was retiring from teaching French at Bowsher High School. “She has been saying she was going to retire for the last few years,” said Mr. Kamal, who lives in Chicago. “She’s been teaching continuously for years. The school system recently made the decision to stop teaching French for the upcoming school year. ...