Cleveland Dietz

The Indiana State Board of Education approved provisions in the Rules for Educator Preparation and Accountability (REPA II) administrative rules, which made changes to teacher and administrator licensing in Indiana, with a 9-2 vote on Dec. 5. Provisions of the rules lowered qualification standards for principals and other building-level administrators, allowing for those who obtained … Read more

On Nov. 28, Edgewood Junior High School held a community meeting on bullying. It was originally scheduled to be held in the EJHS library but had to be moved due to overwhelming interest in the event. Inflammatory reports from five parents, one student and one former student during the Nov. 19 Richland-Bean Blossom Community School … Read more

The big news at the Nov. 19 Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation school board meeting was supposed to be the resignation of RBBCSC Superintendent Steven Kain, but it was overshadowed by allegations from several parents and students of consistent and severe bullying. All board members were present as parent after parent, then student after student, … Read more

The Indiana Farm Bureau has released the results of a survey of grocery prices for a Thanksgiving dinner that feeds up to 10 people in 2012. The annual survey asks volunteers to look for the lowest price available at their local grocery stores without coupons or promotional prices. The total cost, $50.99, was the highest … Read more

The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce’s Franklin Initiative, which implemented the graduation coach program at Edgewood High School, Bloomington North High School and Bloomington South High School was recently the subject of praise from local candidates for office. It was also spotlighted by Check & Connect, a publication from program designer University of Minnesota. With … Read more

Bloomington police have arrested Ellettsville native and Edgewood High School graduate Steven Matthew Finch for the Sept. 11 fatal hit-and-run of Johnny Shane Harden at the intersection of Moores Pike and Olcott Boulevard. According to a police report filed by Capt. Joe Qualters of the Bloomington Police Department, the accident occurred just before 8 a.m., … Read more

During the Halloween season, most people visit one of the many haunted houses that seem to pop up overnight in their area, but some people choose to experience a different kind of scare. Since 1999, local non-denominational Christian church House of Prayer has put together a Hell House which presents visitors with a demon-guided tour … Read more

The Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation school board approved the school corporation’s 2013 budget Oct. 15 ahead of the Nov. 1 deadline set by the state. Board members present were President Randy Wright, Secretary Dana Kerr and members Debra Walcott, Jimmie Durnil and Larry Thrasher. The general fund, debt service fund, retirement and severance bond … Read more

After 14 months and $4.2 million, the Monroe County Courthouse reopened Oct. 10. The reopening comes long after original estimates predicted and with a much higher price tag. In July 2011, Kevin Dogan, who was then interim Monroe County administrator, told The Ellettsville Journal the work was expected to last at least six months and … Read more