Fall Bus Safety Reminders

As we transition to colder weather and darker mornings, the Solon Schools Transportation Department is reminding families and drivers in the community of several important safety protocols. Additionally, we want to reinforce the changes that were necessary this school year due to staffing challenges. Some bus stops this year are in different locations than families were used to seeing and students may have slightly longer walks to the stop this year. However, the choice was between lengthening the distance from home to the stops as well as reducing the total number of stops or cutting transportation for some students entirely. The district chose to continue providing bus transportation to as many students as possible. Current bus stop locations will remain in place for the rest of the school year.  

PTA Budget Bin

Budget Bin, the Solon Council of PTAs’ community consignment sale, is here!  Budget Bin provides a convenient way for families in our district as well as in neighboring communities to shop for needed items at bargain prices and help support PTA scholarships for graduating Solon High School seniors at the same time. The four-day fall sale is slated for October 20-23 in the Parkside Elementary School gym, 6845 S.O.M. Center Road.  New for this year: expanded evening and weekend hours.

CommUNITY Tailgate

In conjunction with Unity Day, families and residents are invited to the first Comet CommUNITY Tailgate event on October 14 from 5-7 p.m. behind the home stands on the west side of the Solon High School stadium parking lot. This new event is an opportunity for families to get together, meet new people and celebrate the diversity of our school community.    Activities are planned for students and families can have dinner from the eclectic array of food trucks that will be on hand that night. While at the event, families and community members are encouraged to take a photo in front of the new SC Proud to be a Comet banner on the pool pad at the west end of the high school.     We look forward to seeing everyone at this event to celebrate our community and then at the Comets football game beginning at 7 p.m. The Comets will be taking on Euclid and fans are encouraged to wear their Comet blue and white or other SC spirit gear. 

Solon Schools Seeking Volunteers for Strategic Planning Action Teams

After three days of conversation and consensus building by the 2022 Solon Schools Strategic Planning Team, the district is seeking community involvement on four Action Teams that will address the district’s major strategic objectives identified by the 45-member planning team. The full planning team, which met September 27-29, represents key stakeholders in the district, including board members, administrators, parents, staff members, community and business leaders, as well as community members. The next step in the Strategic Planning process occurs over the next two months. Volunteers will work on four Action Teams conducting research and writing solution-oriented 3-to-5-year Action Plans.  Interested volunteers should complete the Solon City Schools Strategic Planning Action Team Sign Up.

Solon Schools Earn #1 Ohio Report Card

The Solon Schools today are celebrating the hard work and effort of students and staff for earning the #1 achievement score on the 2022 Ohio School Report Card. This is the 7th consecutive time the Solon Schools have received the top achievement mark on the state report card.  Specifically, the Solon Schools earned the highest achievement score statewide, with a performance index of 110.1. The district also received 5 stars on each of the rated component areas on the newly designed state report cards. Ohio transitioned this year from giving letter grade ratings of A through F to star ratings of 5 through 0 on Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, Graduation and Early Literacy. Additionally, each Solon School received 5-star achievement ratings and performed in the top 10 statewide for their respective grade levels.