We have used a hand signal for many years to safely cross Students from across the road before boarding the bus, and this past week the ODE has made it mandatory to do the same for those students who board the bus on the right side, due to the rise of Distracted Drivers running the Buses Red Lights.
     Students are now required to be in line before the bus arrives on both sides, and remain back and away from the road until they have been signaled by the Driver to cross or approach the Bus from the right.

The Firelands Schools are accepting applications for substitute bus drivers. Contact Milt Sayler at 440-965-4105 for more information.

We will begin serving breakfast starting on Tuesday October 11, 2011.  The cost is $1.40 per breakfast.  If you get a reduced lunch your cost for breakfast is .30 and those that qualify for a free lunch will also receive a free breakfast.  No money is to be given at breakfast time.  All money should be put onto your account at lunch time.   This will help to keep the line moving quickly.  The same account is used for lunch and breakfast.  Those wishing to get a breakfast should go directly to the cafeteria when you are released from the bus in the morning.  You will go through the line just as you do for lunch and sit in the cafeteria to eat.  You will be dismissed to your first period class at the normal start time.  Those that arrive early to school can get a breakfast as soon as they arrive.

Zmak Creative Research (A Research Firm in California) saw Firelands Local Schools’ amazing growth in student achievement.  They conducted and published a Case Study on Firelands.  Because of our connection with Acuity, McGraw-Hill also bought the case study to publish.  Thanks to a dedicated community, staff, and students Firelands is becoming a model school, not just in Ohio!

For the first time ever, The Firelands Local Schools have been designated as Excellent by the State Dept. of Education. Congratulations to the staff for their hard work in assuring that our students are achieving at high levels.
 
The District Report Card can be accessed at http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcardfiles/2010-2011/DIST/048157.pdf.

The 2011-2012 lunch assistance form is now available online.  Students will also get an updated form in their welcome packet at the start of school.  For those students already getting lunch assistance, their lunch status will roll over for the first month of school.  The lunch status will change to denied as of October 1st if an updated application has not been received. Only 1 application per family is required.

Firelands is now offering a new option for students intersted in credit recovery or learning at home, the Firelands Digital Academy. This option is available to any student in the state of Ohio. Please see our new page to learn more about this option.

Last summer, state education officials asked Ohio Education Matters, an affiliate of KnowledgeWorks, to commission a study detailing ways schools could save money without impacting the classroom.