{"id":9492,"date":"2024-07-03T13:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=9492"},"modified":"2024-07-03T13:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T13:35:31","slug":"toledo-board-of-education-honors-the-legacy-of-richard-rico-neller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/toledo-board-of-education-honors-the-legacy-of-richard-rico-neller\/","title":{"rendered":"Toledo Board of Education honors the legacy of Richard &#8220;Rico&#8221; Neller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9493\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg 700w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_0277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9495 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_0277-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_0277-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_0277-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>June 25, 2024: <em>The Toledo Board of Education<\/em> invited family and friends to attend a recognition ceremony in honor <em>of Richard &#8220;Rico&#8221; Neller<\/em> \u00a0for his contributions to the Latino community. Rico has left a lasting legacy through his work in education, journalism, and cultural preservation. Richard taught at <em>Toledo Public Schools <\/em>while attending <em>Law School<\/em> at the <em>University of Toledo<\/em>, and went on to become a well-respected defense attorney. Rico&#8217;s love of journalism and the Latino culture eventually led him to start <em>La Prensa Newspaper<\/em>. As a big advocate for education, Rico worked closely with local organizations and the <em>Toledo Mud Hens<\/em> to create the annual <em>Latino Scholarship Day<\/em> at <em>Fifth Third Field<\/em> to provide scholarships for Latino students. TPS has pledged to create a scholarship in Rico&#8217;s honor. \u00a0This year&#8217;s Latino Scholarship Day will be held on Sunday, September 8, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 25, 2024: The Toledo Board of Education invited family and friends to attend a recognition ceremony in honor of Richard &#8220;Rico&#8221; Neller \u00a0for his contributions to the Latino community. Rico has left a lasting legacy through his work in education, journalism, and cultural preservation. Richard taught at Toledo Public Schools while attending Law School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[209],"class_list":["post-9492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",700,348,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",700,348,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",700,348,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award-300x149.jpg",300,149,true],"large":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",640,318,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",700,348,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",700,348,false],"rtcl-gallery":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",700,348,false],"rtcl-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award-320x240.jpg",320,240,true],"rtcl-gallery-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award-150x105.jpg",150,105,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award.jpg",500,249,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rico-tps-award-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"LaPrensa Newspaper","author_link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/author\/laprensa\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"June 25, 2024: The Toledo Board of Education invited family and friends to attend a recognition ceremony in honor of Richard &#8220;Rico&#8221; Neller \u00a0for his contributions to the Latino community. 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