Cincinnati Public Schools

On Friday, a group of 2026 high school graduates sat alongside this year's graduating class of Cheviot 6th graders to join in their ceremony.

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Administrations presented the recommendation to the Board of Education during a meeting Monday evening. More than 60 people, many of them CPS employees, spoke out during public comment against the cuts. Many demanded the Board vote to place a levy on the ballot in November to provide the school system with financial relief.

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In recent months, several districts announced significant staff cuts that will take teachers out of classrooms and mental health professionals out of school buildings.

Administrators recommended cutting two dozen social worker positions, 16 school counselors, nine resource coordinators and a handful of other full-time positions. Eliminating crossing guards from all middle and high schools also was proposed.

The lot will be run by Project Connect, a homeless advocacy organization within the school district that provides students and their families with food, clothing, housing resources and now, a secure place to stay at night.

And a visit from police claiming to be working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Cincinnati Public Schools.

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The Village of Gratis Police Department confirmed Officer Jeffrey Baylor submitted his resignation following an incident last week in which he and Chief Tonina Lamanna visited three schools in the Cincinnati Public School District on behalf of ICE.