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<br /> OhioSchools<br /> April 2008<br /> A PUBLICATION Of ThE OhIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION<br /> OEA member Lynn Zerkle, left, special<br /> education teacher at Shenandoah Junior<br /> High School, risked surgery and the loss<br /> of an organ to save the life of principal<br /> Mike Romick.<br /> Life lessons p14<br /> OEA member makes life-saving gift to principal<br /> The magic of words p10<br /> Ohio students celebrate Read Across America<br /> in the company of books and friends<br /> 08-ST-118 3/08 Home Financing OH 7” x 9.5” PDF (for April Issue)<br /> NEA MAKES IT EASY<br /> TO GET COMPETITIVE<br /> RATES ON A MORTGAGE<br /> T<br /> he rewards of homeownership are many, personally and<br /> financially. And whether you're buying your first home,<br /> building a new one, remodeling or refinancing, you want<br /> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=1"> OhioSchools </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=2"> 08-ST-118 3/08 Home Financing OH 7” x 9.5” PDF (f</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=3"> COVER STORY 14 Life lessons OEA member makes</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=4"> PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Power behind the punch OUR ST</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=5"> NoTEbook Ohio Board of Education votes down effo</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=6"> State Board of Education responds to OEA in adopt</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=7"> ExEcuTIvE DIREcToR’S MESSAGE Let dialogue begin</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=8"> ExTRa CrEDiT National Poetry month celebration </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=9"> POETRy POINTERS Looking for creative sugge</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=10"> MakINg THE GrADE Pictured left to right: Lou Lo</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=11"> photos compliments of Bill Leibensperger </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=12"> FEaTuRE 1. </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=13"> 5. photos 5 & 6 cop</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=14"> 12. photo by Michele Prater 13. </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=15"> photos by Michele Prater 13. East Cleveland H</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=16"> covER STOry Conversation between OEA member Lyn</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=17"> photos © 2008 Brent Turner, BLT Productions, Inc.</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=18"> Shenandoah Principal Mike Romick GIVE A GIfT Of</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=19"> T he OEA and its members </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=20"> OEA leaders and members participate in STRS Healt</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=21"> Conference Timeline Registration begins 7:30 a.m.</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=22"> PROGRAM SELECTION: n Participants may select firs</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=23"> COLLECTIVE BARGAINING This Bargaining Program off</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=24"> POLITICAL ADVOCACY The current environment for pu</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=25"> LEADERSHIP FOR ALL: Building a Bridge to the Futu</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=26"> aSSocIaTIoN OEA Board of Directors actions At its</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=27"> financial incentives to teach in “hard-to-staff” </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=28"> Fourteenth Annual OEA Awards Banquet fRIDAy, APRI</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=29"> OEA on the Web A GUIDE TO ThE BEST fEATURES ON OE</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=30"> </a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=31"> 08-ST-100 12/07 Auto/Home OH 7” x 9.5” PDF (for A</a> <a title="April 2008 Ohio Schools page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cdeddb7c?page=32"> ATTENTiON pOSTMASTEr: plEASE DElivEr NO lATEr THA</a>