Bluffton's school board reorganized for 2010 on Jan. 11. In so doing, the board set in motion the placement of the a three-year permanent improvement levy renewal to go on the May 4 ballot.
In other significant action, the board requested that the Ohio Department of Education delay implanting an all-day everyday kindergarten for the 2010-2011 school year.
As we enter the new year, there are two topics that I would like to address in regard to Bluffton Exempted Village Schools. First, with the passage of House Bill 1 (HB1) last year, the state required school districts, starting 2010-2011, to offer all-day, every day kindergarten.
As is true for many outdoor sports enthusiasts, the snow, ice and chill of Ohio's winter has forced me indoors for my morning runs and walks. Running round and round on the local rec track isn't my preferred way to get in my miles, but I do love running in shorts and a tee shirt. To vary the scenery, I sometimes do my walk days at the elementary school where the halls are long and turns are less frequent than the track.
New York City's Department of Health issued new guidelines to curb salt in resident's diets today. Meanwhile, in Bluffton, Ohio, the village issued guidelines to keep salt off its new Main Street sidewalks. The low-salt diet is due to the new sidewalks placed downtown this summer. Salt and other ice melting chemicals may harm the sidewalks during their first winter. In the meantime, walkers take care on icy days and nights.
Bluffton has been fortunate in recent years to have a council made up of a great cross-section of the community. We have persons from several backgrounds, all willing to contribute to the discussions of where the village ought to be headed.
