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Jun 11 2024
News
Baltimore County school board eliminates 25 foreign language and English-learner courses
The Baltimore County school board voted unanimously to reshuffle the district’s language curriculum Tuesday night, cutting 25 classes from the course catalog that administrators say were mostly elective, mislabeled or redundant. Courses in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, German and Hebrew, as well as English as a second language, were cut. In response to a question from board member
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Jun 07 2024
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Tulsa, Union, Jenks public schools receive Opioid Abatement Board grants
The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board awarded $11 million in grants to 71 cities, counties, school districts and trusts, including Tulsa, Jenks and Union public schools on Tuesday. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said the grants are the board’s first distribution. The grants will fund opioid treatment and recovery programs, assistance with co-occurring disorders and mental health
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Jun 11 2024
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State Board of Education urges review of Oxford school shooting at behest of victims’ parents
OXFORD, Mich. – The State Board of Education voted 7-1 to call upon the Michigan Legislature to require and fund a comprehensive independent review of the 2021 Oxford High School shooting in response to requests from parents of the four students who were killed. Board members also voted to request that the legislature, in the fiscal year 2025 state budget, make previously approved funding for
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Jun 07 2024
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Business owner, former Buncombe GOP chair appointed to county school board
Just in time for the end of the school and fiscal year, the Buncombe County Board of Education appointed a replacement for former at-large board member Amanda Simpkins, who resigned last month. Former Buncombe County GOP Chair Glenda Weinert, who is a current member of the Buncombe County Schools Foundation, received the most votes on June 6 in the opening round of an open-ended series of
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May 29 2024
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Fort Worth ISD school board avoids school closures after weighing consolidation plans
Neighborhood identities, learning environments and commute times at seven middle school campuses in the Fort Worth Independent School District will remain in place after community members pleaded with district officials against consolidating the campuses into three larger schools. The Board of Trustees pulled agenda items on Tuesday for the school closures and consolidations in the Paschal,
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May 21 2024
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Kenston School Board seeking to put levy on ballot
Kenston School Board took the first step to place a five-year, 1-mill permanent improvement levy on the November ballot at its May 20 meeting. The board now anticipates taking the next step at its June 24 meeting to place it on the ballot, according to a news release. Permanent improvement levy funds can be used for items such as school buses, repairs to roofs and parking lots, boilers, safety
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Jun 11 2024
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Placer County school board member warns of ‘witchcraft,’ ‘child sacrifice’ in bizarre speech
Auburn Union School District Board Trustee Jayson Wedge, the subject of a recall effort among district parents and teachers, delivered bizarre, vaguely threatening remarks to the Auburn City Council during a public comment period Tuesday night. Wedge first addressed Auburn Mayor Rachel Radell-Harris and the city’s four council members about the concerns they voiced earlier this year about the
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Jun 11 2024
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Evanston/Skokie D65 board votes to close Bessie Rhodes school in 2026
A 5-2 vote sealed the fate of the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies Monday night after the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education voted to close the district’s lone fully bilingual school. Students cried as their parents guided them out of the room following the vote, chastising the board on their way out, with some saying, “We’re not done.” “The vote will change
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