Archive for February, 2009



Duncanville ISD reverses decision to close pool, but prices, hours will change (Dallas Morning News)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 9:02 pm

Duncanville school officials have reversed their decision to ban public use of the high school’s natatorium for three months starting Monday.

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It’s as easy as A to E: School grade-card is back! (WA Today)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 9:02 pm

WA public school teachers will revert back to using grades instead of ‘levels’ used in Carpenter government era.

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School tower plan moving forward in Perth Amboy (MyCentralJersey.com)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 9:02 pm

Plans to build a four-story tower to house ninth-grade students at Perth Amboy High School are moving forward.

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Firebirds headed back to district finals (The Oxford Press)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 8:02 pm

LIBERTY TWP. — Lakota West High’s girls basketball team is headed to its fifth straight district final. The No. 2 seeded Firebirds led from nearly start to finish in a 64-46 victory over No. 20 Milford in a Division I sectional final Thursday night, Feb. 26, at Lakota East High School.

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Dropouts worried their age keeps them out of school (The Daily Sentinel)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 8:02 pm

Nacogdoches ISD is on a fact finding mission to figure out why students are dropping out of high school and how they can go back to earn their diplomas.

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Most red-tagged Saginaw School District buses fixed, back on the road (The Saginaw News)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 7:02 pm

Most of the 40 Saginaw School Districts school buses that state police inspectors issued red tags for are clear of defects and safely transporting students, officials say. Thirty-two of the buses are back on the road. Mechanics have repaired…

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Forget the holidays - it really does pay to go into school for money (Guardian Unlimited)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 7:02 pm

Spending your half-term back in the classroom isn’t every child’s idea of a good time. But 11 youngsters did just that as part of a ‘fun with finance’ course. And, as Huma Qureshi discovers, it really is fun It’s Monday morning, the first day of February half-term, but a group of children are sitting cross-legged in a circle on the floor at a north London school. “What is it called when a …

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‘Back to school’ tax help possible (The Clarion-Ledger)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 7:02 pm

Legislation that gives tax breaks for back-to-school shoppers and business owners advanced at the state Capitol as a key deadline passed Wednesday.

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School Schedules May Have To Switch Back (WFTV 9 Orlando)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 6:02 pm

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Orange County School District may be forced to go back to its controversial schedule swap unless it wants to spend more of your tax money. The district is way behind on driver training and hiring and time has run out.

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4 hurt when utility truck hits back of Chambersburg Area school bus (Chambersburg Public Opinion)

Thursday 26 February 2009 @ 6:02 pm

GUILFORD TOWNSHIP — A utility repairman remains hospitalized today, a day after his Allegheny Power truck rear-ended a school bus at 8:28 a.m. Wednesday on Mont Alto Road.

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