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• Despite efforts to find new owner, Froebel School still an orphan (The Muskegon Chronicle)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 04:53:33 am
  Chronicle file photo Muskegon Public Schools is trying to sell Froebel School, which was built in 1930 in the city’s Jackson Hill neighborhood.
• Routine items dominate school board meeting (The Marshfield Mail)
  posted on November 29, 2009 at 10:22:59 am
  Fairly routine items dominated the agenda for the Marshfield R-1 Board of Education during its regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 16.
• Crum to run for District 5 City Council seat (The Observer)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 08:01:49 pm
  Those who follow local politics may remember Timothy Crum as the political newcomer who finished third in a seven-person race for mayor in 2008.
• Piedmonter/Montclarion calendar (The Montclarion)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 01:37:56 am
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• Proviso Community Calendar (Proviso Herald)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 11:47:44 am
  The Proviso Herald welcomes items for the Community Calendar as well as for columns including Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Newsmakers. Items must be received a minimum of 10 days prior to publication; earlier is better. E-mail to oakpark@pioneerlocal.com; fax to (708) 383-3678; or mail to Pioneer Press, 1010 Lake St., Suite 104, Oak ...
• OAK PARK & RIVER FOREST Community Calendar (Oak Park Leaves)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:59:31 am
  Oak Leaves and Forest Leaves welcome items for the Community Calendar, as well as items for Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Newsmakers. Items must be received minimum of 10 days prior to publication; earlier is better.
• CCISD trustees vote to replace heating/cooling system at CHS (The Port Lavaca Wave)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 05:18:27 am
  POINT COMFORT – Calhoun County School District trustees approved a contract for the design for replacing the heating and air conditioning system at Calhoun High during their meeting at Point Comfort School Monday night.
• Appleton Area School District puts spotlight on successes of students of color in Ron Dunlap Student Success Awards (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 10:27:32 am
  APPLETON Some earn great grades. Others are exceptional leaders. Still others have shown remarkable resilience, character and work ethic.
• Students demand respect in schools (Queens Chronicle)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:17:08 pm
  High school students citywide are fighting for the right to walk to their lockers and through hallways without being picked on, cursed at, disrespected and physically harmed.
• New pizza joint finds its niche (Shenandoah Valley News)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 06:09:22 pm
  Opened for more than a month, Rocko’s Pizza, Wings and Sandwiches, seems to have found its niche in Shenandoah.
• Teacher, staff contracts in Danville nearing approval (The Champaign News-Gazette)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 02:24:32 pm
  DANVILLE – Danville teachers and other school district staff could be working under a new contract next week. Danville Education Association representatives plan to take proposed contracts – one for teachers and teaching assistants, and another for secretaries and learning resource clerks – to their membership at a meeting today.
• Fairness, speed of education-reform measures questioned (The Janesville Gazette)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 10:19:23 pm
  The latest word in education reform is using children's test scores to grade teachers.
• Committee updates Proposition 301 plan, clarifies how staff can earn compensation (Coolidge Examiner)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 06:43:59 am
  In the fall of 2000, an initiative was passed by the residents of Arizona creating a funding stream for public education from sales tax.
• Homeowners will see tax rates fall (Post-Tribune)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:24:11 am
  Porter County property owners will see that tax rates dropped when they open the 2009 tax bills which are expected to go out this month. But depending on changes to assessed value, a lower rate doesn't necessarily translate into a lower tax bill. Rates for all 29 taxing bodies in the county fell from last year, according to the 2009 county budget, which was approved by the state last week ...
• Community Notes (Greene County Daily World)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 12:44:43 am
  Trinity Lutheran Church will host a Parents Day Out on Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Parents can get a jump on their Christmas shopping and enjoy a Saturday of Christmas shopping while church volunteers take care of your 2 to 14 year old.
• East End guide, Nov. 15 (Newsday)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 09:12:38 pm
  Sunday, Nov. 15
• Lego League looks to impress judges with programming skills (The Staunton News Leader)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 08:21:10 am
  STAUNTON — Johnny Jackson knows how it sounds: Lego League.
• Parma school levy supporters tied up support at rallies (Parma Sun Post)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 12:04:17 am
  Kyle Lanzer/Sun NewsEmma Clark, left, 17, and Erica Bishop, 15, perform to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” during a rally at Normandy High School for the Parma school levy. About 2,500 yellow ribbons were tied around poles and trees Oct. 24, to...
• College Clan (Erie Times-News)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 05:14:19 am
  Local students have been named Alden Scholars at Allegheny College, Meadville. The academic achievement awards are named for the Rev. Timothy Alden Jr., who founded the college in 1815.
• USM to offer program for children with autism in 2010 (The Clarion-Ledger)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 08:13:51 am
  A new program for children with autism will open next year at the University of Southern Mississippi.
• UK's homecoming king, queen named at halftime (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 01:13:45 am
  Barb Jackson, a senior special education major, was crowned University of Kentucky homecoming queen
• Fremont candidates state cases at forum (Fremont News-Messenger)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 12:44:14 pm
  FREMONT -- Six candidates running for city positions had the chance to talk about their qualifications, why they want to run for office and answered questions from the public Thursday.
• Robert Bateman addresses city’s first youth eco-conference (Burlington Post)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:53:43 pm
  World-renowned nature artist and environmentalist Robert Bateman put the focus on humanity and called upon youth to protect nature, for everyone’s benefit, when he spoke last week at the local high school on New Street that is named for him.
• New home helps Danville's alternative education program (The Champaign News-Gazette)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 01:09:42 pm
  DANVILLE – Last year, Danville High School student Brittany Crosby got behind in English and science and ended up failing the classes. She worried that she might not graduate on time until she enrolled in the High School Options alternative-education program at Laura Lee Fellowship House.
• Community Calendar (Oak Park Leaves)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:37:52 am
  Oak Leaves and Forest Leaves welcome items for the Community Calendar, as well as items for Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Newsmakers. Items must be received minimum of 10 days prior to publication; earlier is better. E-mail oakpark@pioneerlocal.com; fax (708) 383-3678; or mail to Pioneer Press, 1140 W. Lake St., Oak Park, IL 60301.
• D118 board divides stimulus funds (The Danville Commercial-News)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 09:11:11 am
  Danville District 118 board members approved spending plans for the federal stimulus funds at their meeting Wednesday.
• President challenged in election for Leslie School Board seat (The Jackson Citizen Patriot)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:41:09 am
  Leslie School Board President Randy Sherrell and challenger John Wayne Stewart are competing for one spot on the board in next week's election.Stewart ran unsuccessfully last year. Sherrell has been on the board for eight years and says this could...
• Area’s H1N1 shot supply nearly gone, official says (The Daily Progress)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:12:24 am
  Local health officials have enough swine flu vaccine left for only one more clinic. After that, they’ll be waiting on the national supply chain, with no clear idea of when more doses will arrive.
• Budget, enrollment at heart of Seneca Valley School Board race (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 04:02:32 am
  Candidates for two contested seats on the Seneca Valley School Board, one Democrat and two Republicans, say the most important issues are managing money and enrollment growth.
• USM, Education Dept. to offer new Autism program (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 04:48:41 pm
  JACKSON, MS (WLOX) - The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has entered into a multi-year Interagency Agreement with The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast to provide a new school based program for children with autism.