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Article: Long-range partnership supports education: Ohio: Parma City School District.(State Winners)
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- School Administrator
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- March 1, 2005
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The Parma City School District in Parma, Ohio, was honored with the 2005 Civic Star Award for Ohio for a long and wide-ranging partnership with businesses and community organizations.
The partnership began more than 12 years ago when the school district and the Parma Area Chamber of Commerce created the Community/Business/Schools (C/B/S) Partnership while leaders were discussing student needs and available community resources. Three communities--Parma, Parma Heights and Seven Hills--and about 30 businesses and organizations, such as the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post, are involved.
The mission of C/B/S is to develop programs to support the goals of ...