Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer and a day honoring our nation's fallen veterans, is a day off work and off school for the majority of Americans. But one Ohio school district has instead decided to schedule classes for the day in order to make up for weather related closings earlier this school year.

Fairfield schools in Butler County will be making up the last of nine days missed due to a September wind storm and winter weather closings. The district, which consists of 10,100 students, will be the only one open in Ohio on Monday.

The town of Fairfield also canceled its parade, replacing it with a significantly smaller event. The school is planning in-school events to honor the holiday as well.

Parents and veterans are angered by the moves, saying that it is disrespectful. But school officials say it is necessary and prevents seniors from having to attend a day of class after graduation.

After Andrew Mizak called 9-1-1 to report that his 28-year-old son threw a plate of food and made a fist at him after being asked to clean his room, he admitted that he may have gone too far in making the call and declined to press charges, stating that he did not want to harm his son's political career. Unfortunately, the embarrassing incident has had an impact on his career already. Mizsak's son, also named Andrew, is a member of the Bedford School Board, who voted this week to discipline him for his behavior.

On Tuesday, the school board voted to remove him from two liaison positions, and passed a resolution to explore publicly censuring Mizsak. Mizsak voted no on both measures.

Approximately fifteen protesters who were opposed to President Obama's address to the graduating class at Notre Dame were arrested Friday after disobeying rules about staging a demonstration and walked on to the school's campus. Protesters were told beforehand that they could protest as much as they want within South Bed, but if they stepped foot on Notre Dame property, they would be arrested.

Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes led a group of about 50 people towards the Notre Dame campus. They passed through the gate and went up about 200 yard in the driveway, where they were met by campus police. Police asked them to leave, they refused and were arrested. It was said to have been peaceful, and vans were on-hand to load up the offenders in.

Other than the arrests, the Notre Dame campus was relatively quite, despite the controversy surrounding the president's visit.

Obama will also be receiving an honorary law degree from the university on Sunday. This decision has upset abortion opponents who say that the Catholic university is violating ts own beliefs in honoring the president.

A group of student have announced that they will not attend the commencement ceremony, and will instead hold a prayer vigil elsewhere on campus.

The Parma City School District's $13.6 million levy failed last week, making it the third straight levy struck down by area voters. On Monday, the school board approved the layoff of 50 teachers.

School Board president Cyndee Bratz called the layoffs "devastating", and noted that plans to close two schools are also in the works.

Parma's levy campaign was overshadowed by an FBI corruption probe of deals that had been approved by one of the school board members that resigned in March.

Within Cuyahoga County, four other school levies past this Spring.

17-year-old Tyler Frost says that he expects to be suspended from his Christian school for attending a public school prom with his girlfriend. Officials at Heritage Christian School in Findlay, Ohio warned him that he would be suspended and prohibited from attending graduation if he went to the dance this past Saturday.

Heritage Christian School is a fundamentalist Baptist school in northwest Ohio which forbids dancing, rock music, and hand holding.

Frost doesn't regret going to the prom, and said he went because he wanted to experience the prom and did not think it was wrong.

"It was fun, we had a good time. I'm glad I went. I still don't really agree with the school's decision, but it was worth it. I am ready to face the consequences," said Tyler Frost.

Officials at the school, however, see things a little differently. They are standing by their decision to suspend him, and said that he could complete his final exams separately to receive his diploma.

Frost's stepfather isn't about to let the school get away with it. He says that the rules shouldn't apply outside of school, and that he may take legal action if the school does not lift the suspension.

A record number of Cleveland State University's student-athletes, representing every sport sponsored by the school, were recognized Thursday for their academic accomplishments at the 19th Annual John Konstantinos Athletic Academic Honors Luncheon at the Wolstein Center. 152 student-athletes were recognized for maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or better through the end of the fall 2008 semester.

CSU Director of Athletics Lee Reed said:

"The Athletic Academic Honors Luncheon celebrates what intercollegiate athletics is all about. We are quick to recognize the athletic achievements of our student-athletes but may be guilty of taking for granted their academic accomplishments. This luncheon allows us to take a moment to congratulate our student-athletes who are able to successfully maintain a balance between athletics and academics."

The women's soccer team led all CSU sports with 18 honorees. Volleyball came in second with 15 honorees and was followed by baseball (14), cross country (14), softball (12) and men's soccer and women's swimming with 10 each.

According to a new study by Ohio State University, American college students who routinely use the social networking site Facebook.com typically have lower grade-point averages than those who do not.

Research Aryn Karpinski said that the education department's survey, which was completed by 219 undergraduates and graduates, found that those who regularly used Facebook had lower grades. She added:

"Our study shows people who spend more time on Facebook spend less time studying,. Every generation has its distractions, but I think Facebook is a unique phenomenon. It is the equivalent of the difference between getting an A and a B."

The study also found that 79 percent of participants that admitted to Facebook usage felt that their online activities did not impact their studies. No margin of error was given for the study, and because the sample was so small, it would be interested to see if the results could be replicated in a larger study.

President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Arizona State University this spring, however he won't be taking home an honorary degree. It is common for univerities to give an honorary degree to commencement speakers, but at ASU the criteria is a bit tougher.

ASU Media Relations Director Sharon Keeler said that Arizona's honorary degrees are given "for an achievement of eminance", and that the president was not considered for one because his body of work, at this time, does not meet the criteria.

That statement could either mean he's too inexperienced, or his best days lie ahead. Considering all of the others that ASU has granted honorary degrees, many feel that the President has been slighted.

Phoenix's East Valley Tribune notes:

"Arizona State University has handed out honorary doctorate degrees to pioneering scientists and college presidents, titans of oil and computer microchips, newspaper publishers and generous donors, a foreign communist educator and a successful movie director.

But no president of the United States has been deemed worthy of ASU's recognition, not even the nation's first black president. It's an odd gap that besmirches the image of an excellent institution."

A Catholic group are raising issues about Barack Obama giving the commencement address at the country's most well known Catholic University Notre Dame.The dissent of President Obama, who overturned abortion regulations as his first act in office, has spawned a website by the group called notredamescandal.com. So far, the site has had 28,000 people come to the site to sign a petition against the President's appearance on May 22nd in South Bend.

The petition itself reads:

It is an outrage and a scandal that 'Our Lady's University,' one of the premier Catholic universities in the United States, would bestow such an honor on President Obama given his clear support for policies and laws that directly contradict fundamental Catholic teachings on life and marriage.

Notre Dame University says that it stands by the decision. Rev. John Jenkins, the President of the school, says he will not rescind the invitation and by having Obama address the graduating class does not mean that they condone or endorse Obama's positions.

Today President Barack Obama unveiled some of his plans for education system reform in a speech before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In doing so, he may have just made enemies of a large portion of his party's constituency: teachers' unions. Obama proposes spending additional money to reward effective teachers in up to 150 school districts, and embraces the idea of merit pay. This campaign promise also once earned him jeers from the National Education Association.

Teachers' unions say that merit pay causes teachers to compete against each other, rather than collaborate, and is unfair to those who work in disadvantaged areas where it can be harder to boost student performance.

While teachers strongly oppose this in large numbers, the policy is overwhelming supported by the public according to recent polls.

In addition to rewarding effective teachers, Obama also wishes to push out those who are not getting results. Officials haven't elaborated on how Obama proposes to weed out the bad teachers.