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School choice task force open to community

homeschooling — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:33:58 +0000

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Three coaches tackle special challenges on first day
Talk with any high school football player regarding the opening day of fall football practice on Monday and their responses will likely center around three things: perspiration, puke and pain.

School choice task force open to community
The Douglas County School District announced the creation of the DCSD School Choice Task Force to outline the vision for school choice in the district. The task force will focus on defining the school choice options that are needed and how to increase those options.

More NJ school districts may shift to paperless report cards

homeschooling — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:14:58 +0000

School under fire

homeschooling — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:40:34 +0000

Summer school is in
No rest for the weary or high school football teams, for whom the summer provides little respite.

Autopsy scheduled on unidentified Calif. body

homeschooling — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:35:53 +0000

Eight Ferguson-Florissant school teachers attend space camp
Eight teachers from the Ferguson-Florissant School District have been selected to attend the 2010 Boeing Educators to Space Camp program held this week in Huntsville, Ala.

NSAA honors Rams with sportsmanship award

homeschooling — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:17:20 +0000

Charges For Garfield High School Teacher Accused Of Sex With Student
SEATTLE – King County prosecutors are charging a Seattle high school teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student during a party at his home when his parents were out of town.

2 boys charged in burglary at Hallandale Beach school

homeschooling — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:20:57 +0000

Lady Tigers to open home season against Ohio State
The LSU women’s basketball team will open its 2010-11 home schedule against nationally-ranked Ohio State, Lady Tigers coach Van Chancellor announced Thursday.

Driver Of Car Injured In School Bus Accident, Children Unharmed

homeschooling — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:59:55 +0000

At home at the Music Festival
ASPEN — The Aspen Music Festival and School season is nearly two weeks old, yet Yale Work, a piano student at the festival, hasn’t moved into his dorm room at Marolt Ranch.

Anti-flood brick wins top award for Keswick School students

homeschooling — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:26:12 +0000

RCMP officer arrested after wife’s body found in home
A veteran RCMP constable was arrested Saturday after his wife’s body was found inside a home in a southeast Edmonton neighbourhood.

D.C. youth justice agency’s school improvements deemed ÃÂremarkable’

homeschooling — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:03:41 +0000

Home Trust closes 19 homes in June
Community Home Trust closed an unprecedented 19 permanently affordable homes in June.

Meet Mike Jackson, stay-at-home dad

homeschooling — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:00:08 +0000

Massive fire consumes west San Jose school
The early morning, six-alarm fire tore through the largest building at Trace Elementary, destroying about 19 classrooms and the school library.

Unsung Hero: Pottstown School’s Caroline Haley

homeschooling — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:28:08 +0000

Sororities’ antics spur school alcohol efforts
Sorority spring formals call up visions of young women in colorful dresses dancing the night away — not vomiting on tables, urinating in sinks or having sex in closets.

Parents Oppose Harrison Hills’ School Consolidation

homeschooling — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:56:48 +0000

Hockey players find a home
The demise of the Drury High School hockey program no longer means students from Drury and Hoosac Valley will have no place to play this winter. Wahconah Regional High School will add Drury and Hoosac players in a co-op agreement, according to athletic directors from all three schools.

School board to hold budget hearing tonight

homeschooling — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:09:28 +0000

Time capsule shows past at Richmond elementary school
History was unearthed yesterday morning at a South Richmond elementary school. Former students and staff joined current students and staff at Miles Jones Elementary School to unearth a time capsule that was buried exactly 10 years ago to commemorate the end of the school’s first year. “When we buried this …

South Dakota’s best battle way to National High School Finals Rodeo

homeschooling — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:39:00 +0000

Paso school board tackles bus cuts
On Tuesday, June 22 the Paso Robles Public Joint Unified School District [PRJUSD] Board of Trustees held a board meeting. A hot topic to be addressed was transportation.

Aces guaranteed home playoff dates

homeschooling — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:19:16 +0000

Musical principals: Malloy to Eastlake High School, Thomas to Lake Washington and Ballard-Jones to BEST
Lake Washington High School Principal Brad Malloy will become the new principal at Eastlake High School on July 1. Reporter file photo

NJ Teacher Found Dead, Stabbed 80 Times

homeschooling — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:53:14 +0000

Ex sought in slash-slay of New Jersey Catholic school teacher
The ex-husband of a New Jersey Catholic school teacher who was found brutally stabbed to death is being sought by police as a “person of interest,” authorities said Sunday.

School works to combat childhood obesity

homeschooling — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:32:01 +0000

Israel jails ’school row’ fathers
Dozens of ultra-orthodox Jewish men are jailed in Israel for defying a school integration ruling, but 22 mothers get a reprieve.

Home Bidding Wars Are Back in San Francisco

homeschooling — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:04:21 +0000

Making time for a home cooked meal
As a single college parent, I am working on balancing and sometimes compromising the value of home cooked meals with homework for both my son and I. Dinnertime has been a struggle during my school years.

School pensions may lead to big tax hike

homeschooling — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:28:42 +0000

Middle school welcomes assistant principal, promoted from within
After four years as an emotional support teacher at Springfield Township Middle School, Lauren Davis will begin her fifth year in the school with a new title: assistant principal.

Farewell to Elmhurst: Goodbye, old friend

homeschooling — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:57:16 +0000

High school nurse retires after 25 years
She’s been a regular at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School graduations since the mid-1980s, and she’ll be front and center for June 10’s Class of 2010 commencement exercises.

Students close out school year with ‘Fun in the Sun’

homeschooling — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:33:12 +0000

Hawaii returns home from series
The University of Hawaii softball team is back home after playing in its first NCAA Women’s College World Series.

Skano Elementary School goes green

homeschooling — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:28:25 +0000

Court weighs school discipline for Web posts
PHILADELPHIA — A U.S. appeals court heard arguments Thursday over whether school officials can discipline students for making lewd, harassing or juvenile Internet postings from off-campus computers.

Corporal punishment: School sacks another teacher

homeschooling — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:31:50 +0000

Corporal punishment: School sacks another teacher
Yet another teacher was sacked by a school in Mohali for allegedly thrashing a Class 8 boy during an excursion, following which the student’s mother died of shock.

Bellevue high school for under-achieving students faces closure

homeschooling — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:36:22 +0000

Pink water sickens dozens of pupils at NYC school
NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of elementary school students were sickened Tuesday after they drank pink-tinted fountain water that was contaminated by a leaky air conditioner, city officials said.

EAST WINDSOR: School district chooses Hillsborough chief

homeschooling — Sun, 30 May 2010 12:51:21 +0000

Goreville claims school’s first sectional title
MARISSA – This was the win Goreville coach Shawn Tripp had beenwaiting eight years for. The school? A bit longer than that.

Mountain Home: no levy, no school sports

homeschooling — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:22:07 +0000

Kishwaukee Elementary mom wants Pepsi to refresh school’s library
GARDEN PRAIRIE — Kishwaukee Elementary School parent Cindy Fei wants to equip the school with $5,000 worth of books with a little help from Pepsi.

Bipolar answer didn’t intend to blame parent

homeschooling — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:24:37 +0000

Former school becomes “green” senior home
Saint Denis Apartments opened after old classrooms were converted into 34 energy-efficient apartments for low-income seniors.

Police: Ky. man killed during home break-in

homeschooling — Sun, 23 May 2010 03:42:39 +0000

Glad’s 9th Inning Home Run Lifts Bat Cats Past UGA
ATHENS, Ga. – After Kentucky allowed Georgia to tie the game with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, senior Gunner Glad launched a two-out, three-run home run in the top of the ninth inning, lifting the Wildcats to a wild 14-11 win over the Bulldogs, in front of 2,577 fans Saturday afternoon at Foley Field. Kentucky (31-25, 13-17 Southeastern Conference) took a two-run lead into the …

Off to school

homeschooling — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:49:30 +0000

Freeman-Centennial School in Norfolk closing early
NORFOLK, Mass. — Freeman-Centennial School in Norfolk will be closing early Thursday due to a water main break.

Big Spring School District to plan reconfiguration of elementary schools

homeschooling — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:59:39 +0000

Berkeley school board cuts budget by $215G
BERKELEY — The Board of Education on Monday afternoon unanimously adopted a revised budget for the 2010-11 school year that is $215,353 less than the proposed $32.2 million budget.