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The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is getting another magnet school. The District 191 School Board on Thursday, Nov. 19, approved a new Gifted and Talented Magnet Program at Eagle Ridge Junior High in Savage.
In a fairly close election, Norwood school district voters chose Bob Harris and Calvin Calhoun to round out the Norwood School Board for the next two years. Tammie Tabor, Marty Schmalz and Andrya Brantingham have two more years on the Board, and now Harris and Calhoun are in for four.
Even if you don’t have kids in Norwood School, it’s your tax dollars you’re voting to have spent. “If it wasn’t for those tax dollars,” some gained by the mill levy voters approved two years ago, “we’d be in trouble,” said Bob Harris, current school board member and candidate.
NEW BRITAIN — The family was about to lose its food stamps and health insurance, couldn’t afford to buy school uniforms for three boys, and was facing eviction. Neither parent was making enough money to support the family. Their 4-year-old had missed 15 to 20 days of kindergarten in the first few weeks of school.
The Onslow County school board has until a little more than a month to decide how to reduce its fleet by six buses. Its members recently held a workshop to hear two proposals administrators recommend as the best course of action for the fix necessitated by a budge shortfall.
NEW ORLEANS -- Four New Orleans charter schools are now on probation, according to Orleans Parish School Board spokesman Steve Majors. Majors said Benjamin Franklin High School, Robert Moton Charter School, New Orleans Science and Math, and Priestley School of Architecture now have permission to operate for one more year. During that time they must remedy problems of student performance or ...
The head of a school union vowed to try and recall at least two school board members who voted to privatize custodial services, resulting in the layoff of 10 custodians.
California's Master Plan for Higher Education, adopted nearly 50 years ago, is not aging well. The master plan "is sort of in tatters at the moment," Mark Yudof, president of the University of California, said this month. "I mean, it was a great...
St. Johns County School Board members say they'll likely approve higher prescription co-pays for all employees and an increase in premiums for some district retirees. The four school board members who attended a school workshop Tuesday said they would vote to increase the co-pays on some brand-name prescription drugs from $30 to $50 and to increase monthly insurance premiums by $50 to $100 for ...
In wake of criticism over climbing rates and how decisions are made, members agree to withdraw from health insurance advisory committee Broward School Board members took themselves off a once-coveted health insurance advisory committee this week following criticism over climbing health insurance rates and ongoing scrutiny over how the district does business.
Three of seven members of the Eau Claire school board are up for re-election this spring, and at least one of the three - Mike Bollinger - isn't seeking re-election.
WARRICK COUNTY, Ind. —Boonville, Ind.The Warrick County School Board will have a working session Monday at 6 p.m. at its office at 300 E. Gum St. in Boonville.During the open meeting, the board will discuss future facilities planning, specifically its Tecumseh Middle School project.
ASHEBORO — Asheboro City Board of Education member Joyce Harrington has been named — for a second time — to the N.C. School Boards Association (NCSBA) honorary All-State School Board.
Michigan public schools in financial straits and failing to make headway in their efforts to wring more revenue out of Lansing could consider this idea: asking local voters to approve a school operating millage.
One of Britain's most eminent public schools for boys, Abingdon in Oxfordshire, has hired a New Zealand head teacher, Felicity Lusk.
I am writing this letter to let our community know of my support for members of the Cache County School Board. Every member of our board is a great supporter of our district. They have the interests of students first and foremost in every decision they make.
Kentucky doesn't have charter schools, so that puts the state at a distinct disadvantage for billions of dollars in education grants. The Obama administration supports these public schools and has tied grant awards to states that have good ones.
Fewer parents in Pennsylvania are homeschooling children. The number of homeschooled children dropped by 5.6 percent in the past five years, according to the state.
Patterson Academy for the Arts is located inside this office building on Arlington Expressway. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- At a special Duval County School Board meeting Monday morning was called to determine the future of Patterson Academy of the Arts, the board voted to terminate the charter school's contract and close the school.
On the Agenda Upcoming governmental meetings in Bay County include: MondayBay City Public Schools Budget Workshop, 6 p.m., Administration Building, 910 Walnut. Agenda highlights: The budget committee and school board will continue discussing options to help alleviate the district’s budget...
SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 27, 2009) - CUPE school board workers in seven school boards across Nova Scotia have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to support their bargaining committee. CUPE School Board Co-ordinator Kathy MacLeod says, "CUPE school board workers in this province have made their voices heard loud and clear. With an overall strike vote of 91%, they are ...
Title I Monitor has a roundtable with a lot of useful perspective ...
Social entrepreneur Alan Khazei is gaining momentum in the MA Senate ...
Today’s speech and announcement by New York Mayor Bloomberg ...
Well, probably not in these edujobs at Tennessee Score , the EAO ...
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