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Talawanda School District

Data chart by Katelyn Aluise.

Talawanda’s attorney fees more than doubled over past 2 fiscal years

The greatest areas of increase included funding spent on public records requests, Title IX-related services and board-related services.
Katelyn Aluise Mar 9, 2026
Talawanda varsity baseball team for the school year 2024-2025

Talawanda baseball enters new era

After a long run in the smaller Southwest Ohio Conference (SWOC), Talawanda now joins the 13-team Southwestern Buckeye League (SWBL).
Guest Mar 4, 2026
Talawanda High School’s Model UN team poses for a photo following the Ohio Model UN Conference in Columbus in December 2025.

Talawanda High students bring back Model UN, debate club after hiatus

The two clubs teach public speaking and rhetoric.
Katelyn Aluise Feb 15, 2026
Sofía Charbonnier Fernández, left, poses with the two other international exchange students currently being hosted in Oxford, Fee Mayer and Arkam Nassor.

‘Best decision’: Exchange students in Oxford share experiences at host-family lunch

Talawanda High School is one of the top 75 schools nationwide hosting exchange students through the American Field Service (AFS) high school study abroad program.
Katelyn Aluise Feb 8, 2026
Talawanda School District Board of Education members Pat Meade and Matt Wyatt raise their hands

Talawanda BOE members sworn in, discuss budget

Recently re-elected members Pat Meade and Matt Wyatt were once again sworn in, as well as Board President Rebecca Howard.
Katelyn Aluise Jan 17, 2026
Board member Patrick Meade, left, listens to Rebecca Howard, president of the Talawanda School District Board of Education, during a meeting

Talawanda receives donations to help with lunch debt

As of December, Talawanda School District students accrued more than $58,000 in unpaid meal fees.
Katelyn Aluise Jan 11, 2026
Talawanda student lunch debt at a high

Talawanda student lunch debt at a high

Talawanda School District students are accumulating a lunch debt in the 2025-26 academic year so far that Treasurer Shaunna Tafelski estimates is already higher than previous years.
Katelyn Aluise Dec 6, 2025

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