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Hanna Postpones Georgetown-howard To Sunday - Miami Herald
the first meeting between washington, d.c., schools georgetown and howard was postponed saturday because of tropical storm hanna. the game has been rescheduled to sunday. georgetown coach kevin kelly said the decision was made with the safety of the ...
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Toledo Public schools Aiming To Reduce Disciplinary Absences
one student was expelled for 45 days for punching someone in the stomach. another was told to stay home for 15 days for being truant, refusing to listen, and resisting school officers. behavior like this led students in toledo public schools to miss a combined 60,549 school days last year - the equivalent of 336 students missing a year's worth of class. the expulsion and suspension numbers ...
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Monroe County Sets 5-year Sales Tax Revenue Payout To schools
under a settlement reached with local schools, monroe county will pay back money it shorted the schools under a failed cost-cutting move.
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Team Dumps Logo Near Buttocks After 70-0 Loss - Washington Post
boise, idaho -- the idaho vandals football team is dumping the letter "i" from the buttocks region of players' new pants following a season-opening 70-0 loss to the arizona wildcats. rob spears, the school's athletic director, says nobody realized ...
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Call For 'black schools' - Epping Forest Guardian
a controversial race relations campaigner has called for the creation of "black schools" to "stem the avalanche of educational failure and the descent into violent gang culture". lee jasper, who advised former london mayor ken livingstone on ...
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schools That Say They Meet Full Need
applying to schools that tend to be more generous can increase chances of getting financial aid.
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schools Face Shortfall
doubts remain on whether maxwell's $216 million capital budget will be filled like most county public schools that were built in the 1960s and are in need of a face-lift, northeast high school in pasadena needs a new gymnasium, more classrooms and a larger cafeteria.
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Grand Prairie Parents Drop schools Not Making Grade - Dallas Morning News
rae ann forester was losing confidence in grand prairie high school's academic program. even though she was president of the parent teacher student association, she took a decisive step away from the school. jim mahoney/dmn katherine forester is ...
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Cat 4 Hurricane Ike Headed For Southeastern Bahamas, Eastern Cuban - Miami Herald
tracking maps | where is ike? interactive | hurricane preparation guide gallery | all eyes on ike gallery | hanna's attack on haiti gallery | carolinas prepare for hanna video | hurricane reporter reads these blogs and checks these websites video ...
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From Construction To schools' Renovation
h oward schools superintendent sydney l. cousin unveiled a $125.3 million capital budget for the coming fiscal year that he says represents a shift from new construction to renovation.
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Williamson Co. Commission Committee Rejects schools' $125 Million Building Plan
franklin — the williamson county commission's budget and education committee has recommended that the county school district receive $13 million, rather than the $125 million requested over five years to build and upgrade schools.
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Sats 'set To Be Scrapped Next Year' - Msn Uk News
next year's sats tests could be the last, schools secretary ed balls has signalled. mr balls said that the system of national tests taken by around one million children aged seven, 11 and 14 across england each may was "not set in stone" and may be ...
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Boycott Underscores Disparities In schools - Washington Post
second-grader jenil lewis and grandmother jill towns wait with other protesters in new trier. (by m. spencer green -- associated press) chicago -- it is the first week of school for nadell jackson, 13, and his brother natavis, 14, and they are hoping ...
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Teche schools Open This Week
after a week of closures caused by hurricane gustav, iberia parish and st. martin parish schools will be back in session monday while st. mary parish has announced plans to reopen wednesday.
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Iberia schools Superintendent: 20 schools Have Power
dale henderson said it is still to early to determine if iberia parish schools will have school monday, one week after hurricane gustav hit the teche area.
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Palin's Creationist Views Would Endanger U.s. Progress - Philadelphia Inquirer
arthur caplan is chairman of the medical-ethics department at the university of pennsylvania there has been no end of reaction to sen. john mccain's selection of alaska gov. sarah palin as his vice presidential pick. after the initial "sarah who ...
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Writer/director Alan Ball's Passion Is Bringing Good Stories To The ... - Seattle Times
alan ball, creator of "six feet under" and "american beauty," is the force behind two more controversy-courting projects this month. his vampire miniseries, "true blood," makes its debut tonight on hbo, while his feature-film directing debut ...
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Heffelfinger Sues Bad Axe Public schools, Wencel
bad axe —  the embattled band director who lost his job in june is now suing bad axe public schools and its superintendent, claiming both committed libel, slander and defamation when he was publicly accused of visiting pornography websites using a school computer.
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Computer Snafu Causes Confusion At City schools
an overtaxed computer system led to widespread scheduling headaches in the city's high schools last week, staffers and officials said saturday.
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Broward College Takes Its Lessons To Itunes - Miami Herald
for class assignments, english professor michael minassian podcasts self-made videos of the homes of noted writers on his blog. now, broward college wants to take the podcasts of professors like minassian to the next level. by the end of this year ...
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