Shelby schools chart a forwardlooking path with key initiatives

Significant strides are being made in planning for Shelby City Schools’ future as officials pursue multiple efforts to enhance academic and other district priorities.

The most recent school board meeting discussed the potential launch of a robotics program at the middle school, initially for sixth-grade students.

“This would be a good opportunity, a good way to get some sixthgrade students involved in a new and exciting program,” Board of Education member Brad Ream said March 18 in presenting a subcommittee report.

The program aims to introduce students to the critical fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), equipping them with essential skills for the future.

In a separate effort to highlight athletic achievements, the district plans to install a championship digital kiosk at the high school.

“The funding is all in place,” Ream said in sharing a subcommittee report. “So it’s just a matter of getting the ball rolling.”

This kiosk will serve as an interactive display of the school’s athletic and other accomplishments, ensuring that the legacy and achievements of student-athletes are accessible and celebrated.

“We got a donation for the kiosk inside of our high school,” Shelby schools Superintendent

Michael Browning said after the meeting. “So all of our championship teams, all of our All-ohioans, and really anything we want to put on there, even yearbooks and pictures, we’ll be able to put on this kiosk.”

“That’ll just be a touchscreen TV that people can roll through and they can find their parents and their grandparents and family members from as far back as we’re able to upload it,” Browning

said. “So our yearbook class will be putting this in the kiosk, but we have to purchase this first.”

“We’ve got the funds for it,” he said. “So now it’s all about getting the programming and the kiosk itself.”

Shelby’s championship successes through the decades have led to the creation of the kiosk.

“We’re running out of room in our trophy

David Jacobs/shelby Daily Globe A look at the Shelby school board and key district officials. Shown left to right are school members Brad Ream, Heather Braun, Randy Broderick, board vice president Kim Nadolsky, board president Scott Rose, school district treasurer Beth Lykins and Shelby schools Superintendent Michael Browning.