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The Hilliard Board of Education unanimously named the district's new sixth-grade school "Wales Sixth Grade School," honoring an 1840 one-room schoolhouse built by Welsh settlers on the same Walker Road site where the current Brown Elementary will be repurposed.
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Hilliard-based LifeWise Academy reached a settlement with Everett Public Schools in Washington state that requires the district to pay $275,000 in attorney's fees, undergo religious liberty training and post a public apology for six months.
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Hilliard City Schools posted a 12.2% chronic absenteeism rate for 2025-26, well below the state's 23.7% average and the ODEW target of 14.5%, according to data presented at a Sept. 28 board work session.
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Hilliard Davidson seniors Kento Nishio and Mischa Haworth each earned a perfect 36 on the ACT, while four Hilliard students were named National Merit Semifinalists and 10 more across all three high schools earned Commended Scholar status.
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Ohio House Bill 1012 would create a $360 million fund to reimburse school districts for high-cost special education students, a potential boost for Hilliard City Schools, which budgeted nearly $31.8 million for special education in 2025-26.
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Hilliard City Schools is asking parents of grades 6-12 students to update Home Access Information and whitelist SchooLinks emails so their children can attend career field trips and networking events.
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Ohio education officials are investigating 52 schools statewide for significant testing anomalies in spring 2026 state tests; no Hilliard City Schools buildings are on the list, but the probe remains ongoing.
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Hilliard City Schools reported a full roster of bus drivers heading into the 2026-27 school year, standing out as Ohio faces a 15% statewide bus driver shortage and neighboring Columbus City Schools struggles with 76 open positions.
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Hilliard City Schools reports summer construction progress under its Master Facilities Plan, with band towers going up at all three high schools and work continuing on secured entrances, tennis courts and elementary playgrounds.
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Hilliard City Schools opens all buildings Wednesday, Aug. 19, for the first day of the 2026-27 school year, just nine days after a derecho tore through the community.
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Franklin County commissioners are voting Aug. 18 on two resolutions to transfer the Early Start Columbus pre-K program from the city to county administration, a shift that could extend the program to Hilliard families outside Columbus city limits.
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Hilliard City Schools' first day of school remains Wednesday, Aug. 19, with no storm-related delay, even as city crews continue clearing debris from the Aug. 11 derecho that forced neighboring Upper Arlington to postpone its start.