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NEWS ABOUT: school board

school board stories: 5 news summaries

 First-Grader 
 With Camp Knife 
 Back in School 

Board shortens punishment from 45 days to 3

Oct 14, 09 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing a camping knife to school is welcome to return after the school board amended its zero-tolerance policy. Zachary Christie was to spend 45 days at an alternative school; now, kindergarten and 1st-grade students with a “dangerous instrument”—a blade less than 3... More »

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school • suspension • Delaware • elementary school • school board • school violence • knife • zero-tolerance • Zachary Christie

Mom: Bible Says Kids' Shirts Can Be Untucked

Wins daughter's school dress-code battle after citing verse to board

Apr 23, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Battling a school for her daughter’s right to attend with an untucked shirt, a Texas woman cited the Bible, which calls for women to “adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation,” the Dallas Morning News reports. “I don’t want her behind showing,”... More »

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Texas • Christianity • dress code • student • Bible • elementary school • school board • school uniforms

Back-to-School Lists Bust Budgets

Cash-strapped districts turn to parents for 'communal' supplies

Aug 30, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ever-expanding back-to-school lists are squeezing family budgets, the New York Times reports. The bill often tops three figures as school ask for pricey items like flash drives—often specifying the brand name. And many cash-strapped districts are turning to parents to provide supplies like paper towels, baby wipes and Band-Aids,... More »

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parents • student • back to school • school budget • school board

Georgia School System Loses US Accreditation

Atlanta-area district becomes first in nearly 40 years stripped of recognition

Aug 29, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Georgia school system has become the country's first in almost 40 years to have its accreditation yanked, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Clayton County parents and students were devastated by the move, blamed on the district's "dysfunctional" school board. An exodus of students is expected to accelerate. More »

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education • high school • Atlanta • Georgia • school districts • school board

School Supers
Draw Big Bucks,
Bigger Perks

Turnaround experts find profitable niche in failing school districts

Mar 31, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Teachers aren't living in luxury, but some school superintendents are, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Some are pulling in $325,000 a year, plus multi-million-dollar consulting budgets to restructure impoverished, underperforming public school systems. The Monitor calls them "central office rock stars," a product of the No Child... More »

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education • school • school districts • No Child Left Behind • public schools • superintendent • school board • teacher

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