Cleveland Dietz

The Indiana State Department of Health has changed the vaccination requirements for kindergarten through 12th-grade students beginning in the 2013-14 academic year. Amanda Turney, spokesperson for the ISDH, said the change expands the requirement for two doses of chickenpox vaccine to all students. “For the 2012-13 school year, the chickenpox vaccine is required for all … Read more

The local component of a national project that helps children learn about entrepreneurship will hold its 2013 kickoff event Jan. 31 at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. The local event run by the Bloomington Boys & Girls Club, called Lemonade Day, teaches children how to operate a business by getting them involved at the … Read more

The 2012-13 flu season has already claimed 21 Hoosiers, including two minors, according to the Indiana State Health Department. A Jan. 5 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the most common strains of flu found this season were the influenza A viruses, H3N2 and H1N1, and various influenza B … Read more

An agreement reached by the United States Congress to avert the “fiscal cliff” may have saved tens of thousands of Hoosiers from losing their federal unemployment insurance benefits. The Jan. 3 agreement extended insurance benefits through Dec. 31 at an estimated cost of $30 billion. “If Congress would’ve waited another few days, another week or … Read more

The Indiana State Board of Education finalized the training rules for adjunct teaching permits during a Jan. 2 meeting. As reported in the Dec. 12, 2012, edition of The Ellettsville Journal, individuals are eligible to receive an adjunct permit if they achieved a 3.0 grade-point average or better in college, have obtained their bachelor’s degree, … Read more

Monroe County recycling centers are now open five days a week, and they have expanded their services to include bulky items and electronics, the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District recently announced. At the Ellettsville Recycling Center, located at 6200 N. Matthews Dr., hours are now 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Wednesday, Friday … Read more

The regular meeting of Ellettsville Town Council was supposed to be held on Dec. 26, 2012, but was postponed due to the blizzard until Dec. 28. Those present at the Dec. 28 meeting were Vice President Dan Swafford and council members David Drake and Dianna Bastin. President Scott Oldham and Philip Smith were absent. Ellettsville … Read more

In 2010, when Micah Mobley took over as director of The Edge, an alternative school at Edgewood High School, his position at Edgewood Junior High School had just been cut. Worse, the alternative school itself had recently been in peril as the Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation cut more than $700,000 from its budget in … Read more

The school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 14 cast a heavy shadow on the Dec. 17 Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation school board meeting, for which all members were present. RBBCSC Superintendent Steven Kain read a statement he had sent to the press earlier in the day regarding the … Read more

At Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation, every student has an iPad issued to them by their school. That has led some parents to question whether or not the technology would be more of a distraction than a learning aid. These parents cited students texting and emailing each other or playing games while in the classroom … Read more