The Bluffton Exempted Village School District is currently accepting applications from students interested in attending the school district through open enrollment for the 2011-2012 school year.
Students from any school district in Ohio may apply and enroll in Bluffton Schools tuition free. Students are admitted on a full-time basis only.
Applications are approved annually on a first-come, first-served basis and approval is subject to grade level enrollment and educational programs.
The Bluffton school board accepted the resignation of Jim Raabe on March 21. Raabe has been with the school system for 30 years and will retire effective June 2. He has taught accounting at Bluffton High School and served as the high school athletic director.
The inevitable question: "What can the village do about flooding in Bluffton?" was posed to Bluffton council on Monday.
Although it's on everyone's mind, Morgan and Patsy Davies, who have lived on the corner of Cherry and Vance for over 30 years and have experienced lots of high water in their time there, asked council if anything that can be done to fix the problem.
Fred Rodabaugh, Bluffton mayor, answered by stating that nothing is going to happen very quickly.
Bluffton council deferred its historic town hall mural project to the Bluffton sesquicentennial committee on Monday.
At the time that the town hall renovation project was completed Oscar Velasquez, Bluffton artist, approached the council with the suggestion that he create a historic mural to be placed inside the town hall. The mural would more than likely be placed in the lobby area of the third floor.
No action was taken at the time of the original discussion, however council indicated an interest in seeing that the project go forward.
The presidents had their day after all. Monday, Feb. 21, was originally to be a holiday for Bluffton schools. Then, when the school system used its three cancellation days, Feb. 21 was placed back on the school calendar as a "school day."
Not so fast. At 5:56 a.m., the icy weather caused a two-hour delay. Then at 7:49 a.m., Greg Denecker, Bluffton superintendent, announced school was cancelled due to the ice.
Unless the Ohio legislature acts quickly, Bluffton's spring vacation in March will be cut short.
