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		<title>Why we support Race to the Top</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Elaine Eddy, president Olentangy Teachers Association (OTA), and Wade Lucas, Ed.D., superintendent Olentangy Local Schools
In recent weeks, you may have heard news stories regarding Race to the Top.  This program is a U.S. Department of Education initiative that provides federal funds to states that are actively engaging in targeted educational reform.  In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olentangy Local Schools is a Great Value – From one Taxpayer to Another</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I complete my first year at Olentangy Local Schools, I want to reassure our community that this district is committed to providing a high quality education at an efficient price.   In my meetings with many in our community, two common sentiments I hear are satisfaction with the educational product that we deliver [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Superintendent Wade Lucas reflects on his first full year at Olentangy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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[See post to watch QuickTime movie]

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		<title>Volunteering: A Life Lesson at Olentangy Local Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteering is an important life lesson that is near and dear to my heart.  I believe both professionally and personally in the importance of giving back to the community and paying forward to future generations what was given to me.

Olentangy Local Schools has long had a strong sense of civic responsibility.  This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement Related to All-Day Kindergarten</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While Olentangy has achieved academic excellence for a number of years, we are always striving to provide our students with every opportunity for even greater success.   The concept of all-day, every-day kindergarten is a solid one and we have considered this option for our students a number of times in the past.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further information related to the adjustment of the elementary strings program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some community members have additional questions related to the adjustment of the elementary strings program.  As your Superintendent, I want to do my best to address these questions and keep the communication lines on this and any other school related topic open.

Is the strings program being eliminated?
NO!  I have great respect for musicians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proponent Testimony on SB 173 Before Senate Education Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Dr. Wade Lucas and I am the superintendent for the Olentangy Local School District. I am here today to express our district’s strong support of SB 173 Funding for Core Teachers/All Day Kindergarten. My comments will focus on the all-day kindergarten portion of the bill.

For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olentangy&#8217;s Recently Completed Construction Projects</title>
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		<comments>http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/olentangys-recently-completed-construction-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Superintendent Wade Lucas, Ed.D., hosts a video tour of Olentangy&#8217;s most recently completed construction projects.
[See post to watch QuickTime movie]
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		<title>Parent Update: Additional H1N1 Virus Information</title>
		<link>http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/parent-update-additional-h1n1-virus-information/</link>
		<comments>http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/parent-update-additional-h1n1-virus-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/?p=52</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised earlier this school year, I am updating all parents related to the status of the H1N1 Virus and Olentangy Local Schools current position related to this important health issue.  Administrators have recently met with members of the Delaware General Health District (DGHD) to get another update on the overall approach that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent Update Regarding President Obama&#8217;s Speech</title>
		<link>http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/parent-update-regarding-president-obamas-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://olentangyschools.net/blog/superintendent/parent-update-regarding-president-obamas-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, President Obama addressed school children across the nation.  The Olentangy Local School District first learned of this message approximately two weeks ago and at that time chose to treat this address just like all other instructional materials such as textbooks and guest speakers.  School districts have a limited amount of time with [...]]]></description>
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