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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Lakewood High School Athletics to Join the Southwestern Conference

But don’t forget about the Rocky River rivalry just yet. The move won’t happen until the 2015-16 school year.

That didn’t take long. After only a couple years in the competitive West Shore Conference, the athletic programs at Lakewood High School are switching gears and joining the Southwestern Conference. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the Rangers will join Midview High School as the newest members of the conference, bringing the total to 10. “For scheduling purposes, it’s easier for us — particularly in football,” said Kevin Bright, the assistant superintendent at the Lakewood City Schools. Another plus, he said, is that all of the teams are Division 1 or Division 2. In the West Shore, there are a couple Division 3 teams, making state rankings more difficult for the Division 1 squads. “This equalizes the competition for us,” Bright said…

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Lakewood Schools: Ban on 'Hoodies' to Remain

More than 400 students and their parents have already signed an online petition looking to reverse the policy.

Despite an online petition to end the ban on hooded sweatshirts in the Lakewood City Schools, the district’s dress code policy will likely remain in place. Kevin Bright, the district’s assistant superintendent, said that the board of education commissioned a study in 2004 to examine the issue, and OK'd the dress code shortly afterward. "Some of the students who were misbehaving were attempting to conceal their identities by raising the hoods on their sweatshirts," he said.  "These students ran the gamut of leaving school and skipping class, getting into fights, and stealing the property of others. Additionally, students used the hoodies to conceal things they didn’t want the teachers or administrators to see." He said the board has no …

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1:40 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012

I don't get this. When I was in high school decades ago, we wore whatever we wanted to in order to get to school comfortably. Then when IN school we removed coats, jackets, hoodies (yes, we had them then) and put them in our lockers and attended classes. (If you were chilly in class, you threw on a sweater.) Leaving school, the process was reversed. Don't students have lockers anymore? Hope some …   more ›

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