Our Strategic Vision process will wrap up in the next few weeks. We have been working on a shared set of goals for our students and our district, along with action steps to get us there.

Two important dates are coming up:

Community Meeting, Monday, May 16 at 6 pm in the Loveland Middle School cafeteria

Strategic Vision Launch Night, Monday, June 6 at 5 pm in the Loveland Middle School cafeteria

Read more about the Strategic Vision process on our website at www.lovelandschools.org/vision

The chart above compares the amount of money spent per pupil by Loveland, with districts across Ohio, and in our immediate area. The orange line indicates Loveland City School District's per-pupil spending from 2007 to 2021 and shows that spending has remained stable or decreased over the past few years. The blue line represents the average per-pupil spending of the over 600 districts in the state of Ohio. The red line shows the average spending of the other 21 districts in Hamilton County. Our spending is significantly below both measures because we have made a concerted effort to be fiscally responsible to our stakeholders while still delivering high-quality education for all of our students.

The district continues to make adjustments to provide the educational excellence that our community deserves with the funding available to us. We have been able to use pandemic relief money, known as ESSER funds (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) provided by the federal government in very strategic ways.

ESSER funds helped to pay some of our current staff and hire a few others on short-term contracts to help our students recover from pandemic-related learning loss through programs like summer school. We have also been strategic with our personnel decisions to ensure we are meeting our students' needs.

There are also great things in place that help to mitigate some of our long-term costs. Right now we are in contracts with our gas and electric suppliers which should protect the district from inflation-based price hikes through 2027.

Trust and transparency are two of the things that our community has demanded from Loveland City Schools. I, along with our Treasurer and the Board have worked to build that trust, and communications about our finances like this message are part of our ongoing effort at transparency. We provide a great return on investment for our community. As always, if you have any questions or concerns about Loveland City Schools, please feel free to call, email, or schedule a meeting with me.

Mike Broadwater,

Superintendent, Loveland City Schools

The Graduation Ceremony for the Class of 2022 will take place at Xavier University’s Cintas Center on May 21. Congratulations to the Class of 2022 as they wrap up their time at Loveland High School and start their next chapter!

There were three Signing Day ceremonies at LHS in April, to recognize the commitments our students have made after high school.

Congratulations to our student-athletes who have committed to playing their sport at the college level:

• Zach Mulligan - Lacrosse, Otterbein University

• Ella Nagel - Basketball, Otterbein University

• Viviana Clayton - Basketball, Denmark Technical College

• Bailey Jackson - Football, Siena Heights

• Jake Case - Wrestling, Mount St. Joseph University

• Sawyer Bowin - Football, Lake Erie College

• William Westermeyer - Lacrosse, Wittenberg University

• JP Tew - Squash, University of Virginia

Congratulations to our students who have committed to serving in the armed forces:

• Jake Patterson - graduated early and is currently serving US Air Force

• Logan Farnsworth - US Army

• Trent Williamson - US Army

• Gabe Rayburn - US Marine Corps

• Phillip Craig - Ohio Air National Guard and Air Force ROTC

• Nancy Taylor McKibben - Navy ROTC - 4-year scholarship

• Alex Winfield - Air Force ROTC - 4-year scholarship

Congratulations to our students pursuing the arts in college:

• Isabel Abrinica - Miami University, emerging technology and business design

• Alton French - Cleveland Institute of Music, bassoon performance

• Aidan McCracken - Otterbein University, acting and theater

• Grace Nunn - University of Cincinnati-DAAP, communication design

• Elisabeth O'Neill - Ohio University, production design and technology

• Abby Richardson - Kent State University, fashion design and merchandising

• Haley Zuch - University of Cincinnati-DAAP, fine art and digital media

Thank you to the community members who volunteered for 8th Grade Interview Day at Loveland Middle School. Our students went through mock interviews to help build the skills that they’ll need for job and college interviews.

Loveland High School’s Evan Osgood was named the 2022 National Honor Society Scholarship winner during an awards ceremony in Washington D.C. on Monday evening. He was chosen from nearly 10,000 applicants, and as the winner, he received a $25,000 National Honor Society scholarship. Learn more about the program and the award by following this link.

Join our Loveland Elementary second-grade students during A Reader’s Theatre in the Park. Second-grade students will be reading their own poetry and personal narratives before a crowd of family members and friends. What has usually been a classroom event has been moved to the Nisbet Park Amphitheatre so we can invite a crowd. Please join us on Wednesday, May 18, with seating beginning at 1:15 pm.

Students involved in Honors Biology, Green Team, and Environmental Science at Loveland High School have won thousands of dollars in grants to help local environmental concerns. Read about it on our website by following this link. Great work!

The Loveland Athletic Boosters are holding an outdoor craft show in May. Join together with your friends and neighbors for this great event to benefit our student-athletes. If you have a hobby or a side hustle you want to show off to the community - this is your chance. If you’re looking for cool and unique gifts you won’t want to miss it. The Loveland Athletic Boosters Spring Craft Show happens Saturday, May 14 at Loveland Primary School. For more details and to register, follow this link.