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Troy School Board tackles issue of individual actions
The Western News - Fri Dec 4, 10:24 am ET
By Canda Harbaugh, The Western News At the suggestion of an attorney defending the school district against an appeal by one of its own trustees, Troy School Board passed a motion last week to publicly acknowledge that the board is not liable for a trustee’s individual actions.
Sen. Piccola Cuts Ribbon for Expanded PA Cyber Charter School Center, Harrisburg
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 11:23 am ET
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PA Cyber Charter School is a prime example of the educational innovation intended when the state charter school law was passed in 1997, said State Sen. Jeffrey E. Piccola.
School Board Wrestles With Construction Priorities
Leesburg Today - Fri Dec 4, 10:06 am ET
The Loudoun County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to adopt Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick's Capital Asset Preservation Program that complies with fiscal guidance from the Board of Supervisors, and took its first look at two versions of a Capital Improvement Program outlining construction plans for new facilities.
Muscogee County School Board Receives Recognition Today
WRBL Columbus - Fri Dec 4, 10:32 am ET
Board is recipient of 2009 Georgia School Board of Distinction. Read on to see what they had to do…
State chancellor won't rule out a tuition hike
Tulsa World - Fri Dec 4, 6:56 am ET
Oklahoma's higher education chancellor said Thursday that there are no plans to repeat this year's tuition freeze at the state's 25 colleges and universities but that it is premature to predict tuition ...
R-1 School Board discusses bids
Democrat News - Fri Dec 4, 10:19 am ET
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.
School board recognizes departing staff
The Hamburg Area Item - Fri Dec 4, 9:42 am ET
It was a night of recognition for four departing school directors, a former administrator and a member of the district’s support staff at the Hamburg Area School Board meeting on Nov. 23.
OJR School Board won’t pay ‘illegal’ legal bill
Spring-Ford Reporter & Valley Item - Fri Dec 4, 9:36 am ET
A $1,195 legal bill was brought into question at a recent Owen J. Roberts School Board meeting because a board member had consulted a lawyer not authorized to work for the district.
Old Forge School Board reorganizes
The Scranton Times-Tribune - Fri Dec 4, 4:07 am ET
Old Forge School Board reorganizes OLD FORGE - The Old Forge School Board met Wednesday and reorganized, electing Katherine Stocki president and Lawrence Enderline vice president. The board also agreed to meet the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
School board reorganizes, then gets down to business
Springfield Sun - Fri Dec 4, 8:45 am ET
The Springfield Township School Board welcomes two new members Tuesday, re-elected its leaders and voted to establish a wellness committee.
Lloyd back as chairwoman of public school board
The Peterborough Examiner - 2 hours 44 minutes ago
Diane Lloyd, who was re-elected chairwoman of the public school board last night, said she plans to help usher schools into a new era of technology while keeping student achievement a top priority. "I'm very excited to be chair of the board again," she said.[...]
New policy would set deadline for charters
Rockford Register Star - Tue Dec 1, 11:41 pm ET
ROCKFORD — A new charter school policy in the Rockford School District could establish a deadline for charter applications in an effort to organize and streamline the process for district officials. MORE ON ROCKFORD CHARTER SCHOOLS Sept. 24: Rockford charter school picks its principal Sept. 8: A new school, year: Galapagos a go July 24: District nervous about charters' silence July 31: Teacher ...
Somerset charter school application denied
The Daily Times - Thu Dec 3, 4:46 am ET
SALISBURY -- The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has ruled in favor of the Somerset County Board of Education in a case involving the Somerset Advocates for Education, a group that hoped to start a charter school in the county.
Harris, Calhoun to fill Norwood School Board seats
The Norwood Post - Fri Dec 4, 9:29 am ET
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.
Two seats, three candidates for Norwood School Board
The Norwood Post - Fri Dec 4, 9:34 am ET
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.
Riverside School Board approves hosting of Alliance landfill hearing
The Scranton Times-Tribune - Fri Dec 4, 4:09 am ET
TAYLOR - The Riverside School Board on Thursday approved a state Department of Environmental Protection request to hold a public hearing on a proposed landfill expansion at the high school on Jan. 13. Timothy Lavelle, who was elected board president dur
How higher education can advance sustainability is focus of K-State conference
EurekAlert! - Thu Dec 3, 4:21 pm ET
( Kansas State University ) The conference's goal is to provide information that higher education colleagues -- students, faculty and staff -- can use in their own work. A conference priority will be discussion on how the higher education community in Kansas can cooperate more effectively toward serving statewide sustainability needs.
County official Pittman to run for School Board
News Chief - Fri Dec 4, 9:16 am ET
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 2:09 a.m. EAGLE LAKE - Terry Pittman, a Polk County official, announced his campaign for the Polk County School Board on Thursday.
Province softens school board act
Woodstock Sentinel-Review - Fri Dec 4, 9:15 am ET
The chair of the region's public school board is happy the province softened its stance in legislation passed Monday at Queen's Park. At issue was Bill 177: the Student Achievement and School Board Governance Act, an omnibus bill that makes numerous amendments to the Education Act.[...]
Local student receives prestigious scholarship
Greene County Messenger - Fri Dec 4, 4:55 am ET
Amy Caldwell of Mount Morris, a non-traditional senior elementary special education student at Waynesburg University, recently received a prestigious scholarship from the Pennsylvania Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (PASCD).

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