Hudson City School District

Last year, retired Lt. Col. Barney Kemter was censored in Hudson during his speech about what some historians call the first Memorial Day, when about 3,000 Black schoolchildren joined a ceremony to honor fallen Union soldiers.

Shubert also made national headlines last year in a spat with the school board.

The COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Summa Health’s Akron headquarters will close Sunday due to a steep drop in demand; Hudson schools is losing a partner in its college credit courses following a scandal surrounding parents’ angry reaction to a writing prompt; The Cleveland Clinic is pledging $50 million to help make city homes safe from lead paint; and more stories.

The lawsuit alleges that the school district does not have the authority to require “students to quarantine if exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and wear masks in school and treating unvaccinated and vaccinated students differently.”

Akron will distribute around 3,200 free, at-home COVID tests this Saturday at four locations; three parents in Hudson have filed a lawsuit challenging the school district's quarantine and mask-wearing rules; University Hospitals has closed its freestanding Madison Health Center emergency room in Lake County; and more stories.

A fast-tracked map of Ohio’s new congressional districts has cleared the Ohio Senate and is headed to the House; an investigation by Summit County’s prosecutor will not result in charges against Hudson’s mayor; Cleveland’s baseball team has resolved a lawsuit filed by a local roller derby team over naming rights; and more stories.

Disney music blared over the loudspeaker and superhero signs hung from the walls as kids as young as 5 came in to get their shot.

Board of Education races became political battlegrounds this year.

Gonzalez, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, will not seek reelection next year; Gov. Mike DeWine says more than 850 Afghan refugees will be arriving in Ohio and placed within eight local resettlement agencies; the COVID surge continues to gain strength in Ohio, with more than 8,300 new cases and 355 hospitalizations reported on Thursday; and more stories.

Despite the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Ohio, the masking policies still vary among school districts.