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David Schaef update: (12/05/23)

I spoke with David yesterday. He had just arrived at the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Erie.

There are still a couple of issues to resolve, and David is optimistic that Encompass has the skills. We didn't speak much of medicine and health, most of the conversation was about our subscribers and the Community News newspaper.

I was much encouraged by the tone of his voice and the idea he was interested in talking about Community News. So, he’s at that, “I want to get back to work” stage of healing.

He talked about his subscribers and a letter he is composing for them. He talked about how to proceed with the newspaper when he gets home.

He said he hopes to be home in 2 weeks.


Thank You all for your Love and Prayers and Well Wishes.
Tom Deighton

Lost in the clamor of a marijuana plant being found on rural Conneaut School District property 4 miles from main school grounds were test results given out at the Conneaut School Board work session held Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Alice L. Schafer Annex,

Those test results, required by the state and ranking students as proficient, advanced, basic and below basic, showed what officials have been saying statewide for some time. These tests showed a decline but - and note the but - the tests were not the same as in past years in that students were being tested a year early on items. What used be tested as, say 4th grade material, was given to 3rd graders, and so on. Thus test results were expected to be lower, and now these standards will be used as the new base in upcoming years.

One person described these tests as students previously being tested as runners, now were tested as swimmers. However the material studied was for runners.

Letters have been sent out explaining results.

Conneaut School District Curriculum Director Brenda Kantz noted her son as an example [though he is in a different school district[ as having scored proficient in math each year of past testing, but with the new results/tests, he fell from that top range.

Read more in this weeks issue.


For additional details about School test scores: careful how to read them is advised, as well as the headlines noted below, please purchase a Monday, Oct. 12, newspaper at area locations or a digital download of the paper.

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