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Grandview Heights education grants open with Nov. 6 deadline
The Grandview Heights Marble Cliff Education Foundation is accepting grant applications through Nov. 6 for projects in academics, arts, technology and lifelong learning.
Latest reporting from the Education desk.

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The Grandview Heights Marble Cliff Education Foundation is accepting grant applications through Nov. 6 for projects in academics, arts, technology and lifelong learning.

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Grandview Heights High School's Jazz Ensemble will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the GHHS Auditorium, with free parking available.

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Construction on the new Stevenson Elementary in Grandview Heights has been underway since June, funded by a $69.5 million bond issue, while students attend class in modular units at Larson Middle School.

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All five Upper Arlington elementary schools earned the governor's Science of Reading Champions award as Ohio completed its first full year of mandated phonics instruction, with statewide third-grade reading proficiency rising to 63%.

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Ryan and Katarina Robinson's $1.5 million gift to The Wellington School in Upper Arlington will fund a nearly 70,000-square-foot campus transformation, including demolition of the school's original 1918 building and a new home for the Upper School.

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Upper Arlington High School dedicated the Hope Garden on Sept. 4, a community-funded memorial honoring students who died while enrolled, inspired by the Short family's loss of their son Sam to cancer in 2024.

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Larson Middle School named 10 students and three staff members as September 2026 Bobcats of the Month, with the staff recognition category debuting this school year.

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Tremont Elementary's PTO aims to raise $18,000 at its annual Walk-A-Thon on Oct. 9, with grade-level time slots during the school day and a Fall Fest open to families that evening.

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Grandview Heights Schools posted a 105.9 Performance Index, which the district called the highest in Franklin County, and earned an overall five-star rating on Ohio's 2025-26 State Report Card, with 93.3% of third-graders reading proficiently and a 100% graduation rate.

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Upper Arlington Schools earned Ohio's top five-star report card rating for the fifth consecutive year, one of just 61 districts statewide to reach the mark, while Grandview Heights also earned five stars.

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A new Ohio Capital Journal analysis argues that TIF deals and developer abatements structurally pressure school districts like Upper Arlington, adding context for voters weighing Issue 7's $273.5 million bond and operating levy on Nov. 3.

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Upper Arlington's financial forecast shows expenditures beginning to outpace revenue as the district asks voters to approve a $273.5 million bond and 4.9-mill levy on Nov. 3.
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