By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer During its regular meeting on Sept. 26, the Oxford Board of Education discussed the impending search for a new superintendent. The current superintendent, Dr. Vickie Markavitch, is working in the interim. “As we know, Dr. Markavitch gave us a little bit of time, and we squeezed a bit more time […]
Flow chart outlines procedures By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer OXFORD TWP. – The Oxford Board of Education received a presentation about how tips of potential violence or concerning behavior are reported to the school district, during its regular meeting on Sept. 26, “Toward the beginning of the year, the board asked us to review exactly […]
Bids came in under estimates By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer OXFORD TWP. – During the regular meeting on Sept. 26, the Oxford Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) amendment for the Drahner Road facility project. “There were 21 bid categories, from demo all the way to HVAC,” said Sam […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer OXFORD TWP. — Parent University is a series of workshops, seminars, talks and resources in Oxford Community Schools to help parents tackle things from bullying, cyber safety, understanding math and much more. “We launched it this school year, but really the work started, the vision started, right before the pandemic […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Oxford Twp. – At the regular meeting on Sept. 12, the Oxford Board of Education voted 5-0 to accept and sign the letter of understanding as presented by Varnum LLP and Guidepost Solutions LLC pertaining to the Guidepost investigation into the Oxford school shooting of Nov. 30, 2021. Secretary James […]
Demo, construction bids expected at Sept. 26 meeting By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Oxford Twp. – During its regular meeting on Sept. 12, the Oxford Board of Education received a report from Sam Barna, assistant superintendent of business and operations, about the cabling for the district’s Drahner Road property. The property, formerly the Dominican Sisters […]
Supt. Markavitch talks about what’s up this year By Don Rush A little under 7,000 students (approximately 4,500 seated and 2,100 online-virtual) will start their 2023-2024 classes in the Oxford Community School District tomorrow. At the end of last school year over 1,000 people, staff, students, and parents responded to a survey on the district’s […]
Last Wednesday new teachers hired by Oxford Community Schools were in town for orientation. After a formal presentation they boarded this bus and toured the district. While on the tour of each building, the new teachers paired off in teams to participate in a scavenger hunt. Photo by D. Rush
Students at Lakeville Elementary enjoyed a fun-filled field day on June 5. Students participated in events like the ‘Iron Kid Tire Roll’ race, water activities, parachute racing and even tested their kicking speed with a soccer radar. “Lakeville’s amazing PTO provided two inflatable obstacle courses and popsicles. Even PAWS the mascot got in on the […]
Students all across the Oxford Community Schools district purged their desks and lockers and were ready for summer vacation. Last Friday, students pictured here were excited as they waited in the hallways of Oxford Elementary School for Principal Jeff Brown to make the announcement that school was over. Right before the announcements students sang, The […]