VAN WERT —Is a key to economic development in Van Wert County to be found in a middle school classroom through the study of physics? The county may soon find out, depending on decisions made by three local school districts.
Mark Lautman, the man who led discussion at the recently-held Stakeholder Summit in Van Wert, was back in the county on Friday and with Lautman was Ukrainian physicist Anatoliy Glushchenko. The two were accompanied by Van Wert County Economic Development Director Sarah Smith in meetings with science teachers, curriculum directors, and principals at Crestview and at Lincolnview about the idea of introducing middle school students to physics as part of their science curriculum.
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