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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.
The Alamogordo Municipal Board of Education totally missed the boat Monday night when they decided to pass the buck on a decision about Superintendent Mike Harris' continued employment with Alamogordo Public Schools.
The Jackson City Council confirmed two of Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr.'s picks for the school board on Wednesday in hearings that said more about the educational priorities of council members than those of the nominees.
Pittsburgh Public School board members received a B- for their performance this school year from an independent watchdog group.
Leaving no stone unturned, Nevada School Board members spent much of Saturday morning’s annual board retreat discussing a multitude of ways to cut and trim the school’s budget.
The Western Property Owners Association (WPOA) is seeking applicants for the positions of Village Board Trustee, a two-year term that begins in April 2010, and School Board Trustee, a three-year term that begin on July 1, 2010. Any resident of the Western Section of the Village who is interested is urged to submit a letter of intent and a resume to: Mrs. Melanie Henderson, WPOA Secretary, 22 ...
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.
SOLEBURY — A Lambertville businessman must step down from his seat on a Bucks County school board now that he has won a term on the Solebury Township Board of Supervisors.
Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor called Tuesday for a state ethics investigation into alleged financial mismanagement at Nia University Community School, a charter school in Mount Auburn that teaches 120 students in grades six through 12.
Charter schools can make valuable contributions to our education system, but only if they do something better than traditional public schools. In Arkansas, it’s up to the Arkansas Board of Education to determine which charters are worthy of public dollars and which ones are not.
TEHRAN, Iran - Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological “soft war" against Western influence.
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.
The R-1 School District School Board met on Tuesday evening, November 17. Board members Ken Truska and Patrick Martin were absent. The agenda included bids from several companies for roof repairs; refurbishing the parking lot at the Intermediate School, fencing and the downspouts at the high school.
Woodland School Board is asking voters to approve a 4 percent levy increase this February. The two-year proposal will replace a four-year maintenance and operations levy that expires next year.
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.
Mountain Middle School, a proposed Durango charter school, will not open until 2011 at the earliest. The school's organizers, led by Nancy Heleno, withdrew an application for charter approval they had submitted to the Colorado Charter School Institute.
MILFORD – The School Board has asked administrators to reduce their proposed budget for next year by $1 million, a cut that might require staff reductions.
CASTLE ROCK — A Castle Rock High School alumnus with three children in the district joined the school board Tuesday night, saying he wants to do his part to serve the community.
Public school leaders across the state, and especially in the Triangle, are recalculating their budgets to figure out how many millions they owe charter schools to comply with a state court ruling.
A strong showing in Clark County propelled incumbent Steve Madsen to a narrow victory over Patricia Stepp in the race for a Woodland School Board position, pending a hand recount that will take place Monday.
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