Families, teachers save Ohio preschool weeks from closure

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Powell preschool feared its doors would close last month, but on April 1 the halls were filled with gleeful shrieks, wooden toys and congratulatory flowers.

The sign at the small preschool just off Sawmill Parkway still reads "Guidepost Montessori," but Lani Helms, the head of schools, was ecstatic to share that the place is now an official Montessori Kids Universe location. When Helms and two other Montessori preschools in Columbus got just weeks' notice that they would be closing...