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Parents double down on fight to keep CPS school intact amid budget cuts

MADISONVILLE, Ohio (WKRC) -Local parents have been fighting for months to keep one of their schools intact. Now, Cincinnati Public School leaders are considering ways to cut $99 million from the ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Opponents to Greater Cincinnati school split worry the decision has already been made

CINCINNATI (WKRC)- The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education was supposed to discuss a community survey on the future of John P. Parker and former Bramble Elementary school building Wednesday ...
WCPO Cincinnati

Some CPS parents pushing back on proposed 'grade reconfiguration' at Madisonville schools

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Public Schools is exploring a possible “grade configuration” at its Madisonville campuses, including John P. Parker Elementary, the former Bramble School and Shroder High ...
WCPO Cincinnati

Give Back Cincinnati helps rebuild Madisonville school garden

CINCINNATI — Fresh fruits and vegetables will soon return to a Madisonville school. Give Back Cincinnati is teaming up with John P. Parker Elementary School on Saturday to help rebuild the school’s ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

John Parker House on path to becoming National Park System site. Here's its history

More people should know about John P. Parker. Born into slavery, Parker became a businessman and inventor with his own iron foundry in Ripley, Ohio, a small river town 50 miles east of Cincinnati in ...
E&E

NPS to study Ohio abolitionist’s home as possible new park

The study will evaluate the home of John P. Parker, a stop on the Underground Railroad that helped win freedom for hundreds of enslaved people. The Interior Department said Thursday that a study will ...