Chronicle Telegram March 18, 2016

at (440) 326-1570.
ELYRIA — A national civil ing the evidence used to con- threshold that would allow was standing behind Crosby
rights organization is looking vict Crosby, including crime him to be executed. The U.S. during the March 1, 2011, robEnrollment opens
into the conviction of scene photographs.
Supreme
Court
has
ruled that
of Smith
Elyria Chronicle
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Donzelle Crosby for the fatal
“There’s a lot of discrepan- those with mental handicaps 17th St. in Lorain. Crosby fired
Enrollment for Lorain
shooting of Jason Smith durcannot be put to death.
three times, with one round
County Early College High
School is now open for Elyria
eighth-graders and eighth
grade students from surroundng districts through open
enrollment to Elyria Schools.
An information session
planned 6:30 p.m. Wednesday
at Northwood Middle School,
700 Gulf Road, Elyria, is open
or interested students and
heir parents. Attendees will
hear from students to learn
more about the program.
“The goal of Early College
High School is to help students progress through their
high school years in a small,
upportive environment that
hallenges them academically
by blending the high school
and college experience,” said
ECHS Principal Dianne Quinn.
We appreciate that the Elyria
Schools are giving students
rom around the county the
opportunity to experience
ECHS through open enrollment.”
The ECHS program is different than College Credit Plus
programs offered at local high
chools.
Students at ECHS are part of
a small school of less than 350
tudents across all grades and
pend all four years of high
chool on the Lorain County
Community College campus.
KRISTIN BAUER / CHRONICLE
At the end of four years, most
North Ridgeville Schools Superintendent Jim Powell presents his State of the Schools address Thursday at the
tudents earn a high school
North Ridgeville Education Center.
diploma and an associate
degree.
“This gives our students the
opportunity to experience a
ibrant college campus and
earn how to function in that
atmosphere,” Quinn said.
The program serves students whose parents do not
have a college degree. There is
no additional cost to enroll in
areas mirroring those in emy will be created at Lear
ECHS.
To begin the application
which many students will North Elementary School
process, interested students
work when they enter tomor- once its first-grade pupils
must complete a letter of sturow’s job market, Powell said. move to Liberty Elementary.
dent interest and return it
Offering a magnet-style
The fluid feeling of learning
along with a copy of their sevprogram emphasizing comexpansive view of snow-cov- studios also is designed to
Steve
Fogarty
enth-grade report card.
puter technology, the new
The Chronicle-Telegram
ered ground surrounded by make youngsters feel safe and
The letter can be found at
comfortable in a “home-like” venture will have a STEM curwalls
that
will
become
one
of
NORTH RIDGEVILLE —
www.lorainccc.edu/early
setting, Powell told the noon- riculum focused on math, sciThe face and nature of educa- the new school’s learning stu- time audience.
ollege. The forms will also be
ence, design and computer
dios.
tion will undergo big changes
available at the information
coding.
Some
105
students
will
be
Those open spaces repreover the next few years as the
essions.
To underscore the need for
able to use the school’s multiNorth Ridgeville school dis- sent one of many means by
Interest forms must be
ple learning studio areas in concentrating on those subwhich
the
spacious
223,000trict
goes
through
its
biggest
delivered to the ECHS office
square-foot building will offer small or large groups, accord- jects, Powell cited predictions
transformation.
on the LCCC campus in the
that shortages of adequately
instruction to future genera- ing to Powell.
That
message
was
at
the
Physical and Social Science
prepared workers will lead to
“At
home
you
‘learn’
in
vartions
of
students.
heart of Superintendent Jim
building, PS106, mailed to
nearly a million computer
ious
rooms
including
the
The
openness
of
the
learnPowell’s State of the Schools
Early College High School,
coding jobs going unfilled by
kitchen,
family
room,
etc.,”
ing
studio
is
in
marked
conaddress Thursday at the
1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria, OH
the year 2020.
North Ridgeville Education trast to the conformity of tra- Powell said.
44035 or faxed to (440) 366Computer coding is a fastThe new school is set to
ditional classrooms in which
Center.
4710 by April 1.
growing field that teaches
The presentation accom- students sat in rows to learn welcome 2,100 students for
To attend the information
what is described as the symthe start of classes in 2017.
panying Powell’s remarks English, math or geography.
ession, register at (440) 366bolic arrangement of statePassage
of
an
operating
Changing
views
on
the
best
included
several
photos
and
7689 or visit www.lorainccc.
ments or instructions in a
levy
and
a
$61
million
bond
ways
to
teach
children
are
depictions
of
the
district’s
edu/earlycollege.
new $58.1 million middle now leading educators and issue for the new school and computer program in which
Elyria district gets
school that will house grades school designers to concur stadium complex have also letters and digits are represtate auditor award
three through eight taking that students do not learn enabled the district to under- sented as binary numbers.
Part of the goals of the High
shape on land along Bain- best “in isolation” but take other plans to help stuElyria Schools received a
Tech Academy are to expand
through
the
openness dents.
bridge Road.
See ROUNDUP, B2
A Ranger High Tech AcadOne photo showed an afforded by more flexible
See SCHOOLS, B2
NORTH RIDGEVILLE STATE OF THE SCHOOLS
Superintendent details
upcoming transitions
Among the changes are a new
middle school and an academy
focused on computer technology
Rodriguez appeared in the
doorway. Woods told the jury
that he believed Crosby wa
holding the gun.
See REVIEW, B2
Avon
police car
crashes
into truck
Jon Wysochanski
The Chronicle-Telegram
AVON — A police ca
crashed into a utility truck
early Thursday and the cir
cumstances of the acciden
are being investigated by the
Ohio Highway Patrol.
Avon police Officer Andy
Kehl crashed into the truck in
which an unnamed worke
was working in an elevated
bucket on some phone o
cable lines in the 2800 block
of state Route 83 about 2:40
a.m.
Avon Fire Chief Frank Roo
said Kehl and the worker both
were transported to area hos
pitals for evaluation as a pre
cautionary measure. Root said
the police car had moderate
damage and was towed.
“Both were up and walking
when we arrived,” Root said
“The worker wasn’t thrown
from the truck or anything
but (the officer and worker
were both taken in for evalua
tion, although there were no
obvious injuries.”
Avon police said Keh
radioed the station asking fo
a supervisor to come to the
location because he had been
involved in an accident.
Investigation of the acci
dent was turned over to the
Ohio Highway Patrol since i
involved an Avon police ca
rear-ending a work truck.
Patrol Lt. Carlos Smith said
troopers are working with
Avon police to obtain dash
camera footage so they can
examine the events leading up
to the crash.
Smith added that the patro
wants to look at all aspects o
the crash, and it’s not clea
whether the worker had
proper lighting or signage on
display while he was working
along the road. Reports of the
incident were not available
and it is not clear what com
pany the worker is employed
by.
State Route 83 was closed
for around two hours while
the crash scene was investi
gated, police said, and alcoho
is not believed to be a factor in
the crash.
Contact Jon Wysochanski at 329-712
or jwysochanski@chroniclet.com.
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