To qualify for the honor, schools had to have conducted a local
science fair with 20 or more students, sent at least one of those
students to one of the 
In Ross County and the surrounding area, listed as receiving the honor were Kara Norris, of Bishop Flaget School; Lorna Buskirk, of Unioto Junior/Senior High; Gary Peters, Jason Clark, John Scott and Jennifer Moore, of Zane Trace High School; Brooke Detty and Dennis Foreman, of Zane Trace Middle School; and Steve Cochran, of Jackson High School.
ODE will be issuing special Governor's Award certificates to the honorees.