Join the Loudonville Jr. High & Varsity Track & Field teams for a fun, untimed Color Run/Walk fundraiser! 🏃♀️➡️🏃♂️➡️
Date: May 17, 2025 (Rain or Shine)
Starts: Between the Baseball Field & Fieldhouse, Registration 8:00 a.m., Race start times 9:00, 9:15, and 9:30 a.m.
Race: 1.02 km (Run 5 laps for a 5K!)
4 Color Stations – will cover participants in powdered paint—wear white to show it off!
Adults: $20 | Students: $15 | 4 & under: Free
Family (4+): $50 | Each extra member: $10
Register & join the fun!
Behind every well-run school is a team of rockstar administrative assistants and secretaries. Thank you for all you do to keep things running smoothly every day. Our schools wouldn’t be the same without you! 👏
It's Staff Appreciation Week, and we’re so grateful for every teacher, aide, coach, and team member. Thank you for the difference you make every day in our students' lives.
Join us in celebrating their impact and send a digital postcard! Complete the form and your digital thank you will be delivered to the staff member you thank: https://forms.gle/32BrR2X27Dcurjaw9
Happy National Nurses Day to our very own Jen Johnson! Thank you for the care, calm, and compassion you bring to our schools every day. 🙌
Our kindergarteners hit all the right notes in their musical performance of "Arf"! Check out these sweet moments from a performance filled with talent, energy, and joy. 🎶
It’s Ohio School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Thank you to the dedicated drivers who get our students to and from school safely and with a smile. Your reliability, patience, and care make a difference every single day. 👏
‼️ Due to the weather, the BBQ has been moved to the LHS Cafeteria.‼️
The L-P Music Boosters are back with BBQ in the Park this Saturday, May 3, from 5-8 PM in Central Park! Tickets are $13 and available in the high school office or from any band or choir student. The meal, catered by Buckeye Deli, includes your choice of a chicken quarter (leg and thigh or breast and wing), green beans, applesauce, roll, drink, and dessert. In case of bad weather, we’ll move the event to the high school cafeteria. Come and support your music department–you won't want to miss this fun event!
Today is School Lunch Hero Day, and we’re sending a big thank you to our incredible cafeteria staff. You serve more than meals—you serve care and kindness every day. We are so appreciative of your endless support of our students! 🙌
Congratulations to our senior students who were selected as recipients of the Lion’s Club Scholarship. We are so proud of all of your hard work!
Thank you to the Lion’s Club for your continued support of our Redbirds!
Seniors from left to right: Brady Gessner, Tess Shultz, Hanna Porter & Sydney Strouse
Today is National Principals' Day, and we're celebrating our three amazing leaders: Zach Brumfield, Kelly Seboe, and Chrissie Butts. Thank you for your heart, guidance, and dedication to our schools and students! 👏
Our Parent Group (P.I.E.) is hosting a craft show and food truck event on Saturday, May 3! Join us and shop small businesses with homemade and direct sale items. There will be food trucks: tacos, pizza, pretzels, kettle corn and donuts! You can also shop flower and plant vendors. We hope to see you there!
The district is taking a multi-level approach to fiscal responsibility and reducing costs for taxpayers, which include:
1. Reducing square footage and maintaining what is absolutely necessary of the recommended site plan. Compared to new construction of other area schools of similar or smaller size, the proposed plan is smaller by 75,000 square feet.
2. Contributing $2.5 million to the cost of the project through a Construction and Renovation Fund and $10 million through Certificate of Participation loans.
3. Looking to collaborate with organizations and individuals who may have an interest in supporting our project to offset the overall costs to taxpayers.
4.Over the past 24 months, the district implemented several cost-saving measures, including the absorption of six positions through staff attrition—spanning administrative, teaching, and classified staff roles. Staffing needs will be carefully evaluated if the project moves forward, ensuring cost-effectiveness without compromising education.
5.Continuing to explore and apply for grants to offset costs
Shout out to our Maintenance Team and Mr. Rooter of Mansfield for their quick work managing a sewage back up! At the end of last month, a manhole was completely packed full of sludge due to a sewage backup that Mr. Rooter of Mansfield helped the Loudonville-Perrysville Maintenance Team resolve. The sewer lines at LHS—original to the building—had deteriorated and created blockages, resulting in sewage back-up in one of the buildings at LHS. The district maintenance team, in collaboration with Mr. Rooter, worked hard to unclog the lines and get things properly running again.
Over the last two years, the district has spent approximately $322,000 on plumbing repairs and approximately $535,000 annually on average maintenance costs.
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Over the weekend, five of our bus drivers participated in the Ohio School Bus Drivers Safety Road-E-O in Medina! Shout out to Mary, George, Raena, Greg and Katherine for their participation. Thank you for all you do each day to keep our Redbirds safe!
Join the Loudonville Jr. High & Varsity Track & Field teams for a fun, untimed Color Run/Walk fundraiser! 🏃♀️➡️🏃♂️➡️
Date: May 17, 2025 (Rain or Shine)
Starts: Between the Baseball Field & Fieldhouse, Registration 8:00 a.m., Race start times 9:00, 9:15, and 9:30 a.m.
Race: 1.02 km (Run 5 laps for a 5K!)
4 Color Stations – will cover participants in powdered paint—wear white to show it off!
Adults: $20 | Students: $15 | 4 & under: Free
Family (4+): $50 | Each extra member: $10
Register & join the fun!
The Facilities Task Force explored numerous options, including renovation. However, the cost to bring current buildings up to code is estimated at $60,182,976, excluding potential unforeseen expenses commonly associated with renovating older facilities. Renovations would also involve significant abatement costs and the need to account for rising construction expenses in 2025. Furthermore, the state would likely reduce its funding contribution if the district pursued renovations over a new, consolidated PreK-12 facility. By comparison, constructing a new building is estimated to cost $69,204,575, with the state contributing 29%. Additional considerations, such as the cost of installing modern HVAC systems in existing buildings, would also need to be considered in the cost of renovation.
It's National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Our drivers are the first and the last people our Redbirds see during the school day, and we are so grateful for their dedication to a safe trip to and from school. Help us celebrate their hard work!
Kindergarten screening will take place on April 25 at Loudonville Zion Lutheran Church. Please visit our website for full registration details and requirements.
Under the Classroom Facilities Assistance Program (CFAP), assistance “is based on the assessed property valuation per student. That property wealth factor determines the state and local share of the facilities project. CFAP takes a comprehensive approach with local districts by addressing the entire facility needs of a district from kindergarten through 12th grade (OFCC)."
This means that the higher the property value in a community, the lower the percentage of state funding and vice versa. Because of the recent increase in property values in our county, including increases in Current Agricultural Use Value (CAUV), the percentage of state funding from the OFCC has been reduced. You can see the reduction of state funding over time:
• March 2004 - State share 50%
- Bond issue amount: $19,250,000 - Term 28 years
• May 2010 - State share 40%
- Bond issue amount: $22,606,841 - Term 38 years
• November 2024 - State share 29%
- Bond issue amount $55,536,493 - Term 37 years.
• May 2025 - State share 29%, District Contribution (with COPS) 12%
• Bond issue amount $37 million - Term 37 years.
• Income tax amount $4 million - Term 23 years.
Throughout the winter season - and during ALL of our games throughout the year - our high school athletes find moments to engage with our younger Redbirds. Whether it is elementary night at a game or a special moment after for autographs, we are lucky to have such positive mentors for our elementary students!
