Tuesday was the last quiet weekday at Eastern Elementary for a few months.
“Welcome” posters line the halls, and outside most classrooms, students’ names are printed neatly or typed on Olympic medals, apples, pencils and other cutouts, letting each one know where his or her class is.

When Bill Narwold was a first-year superintendent at the Cowan Community Schools, in Delaware County, he turned to his former superintendent at Western School Corp., J.O. Smith, for guidance.
“He was recognized throughout the state as a top financial advisor. I constantly talk to superintendents who knew him who said he was the go-to guy for questions about finances."