Alternative Education To Get Boost
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Baltimore school administrators unveiled a plan yesterday to reduce violence and the dropout rate by overhauling alternative education, nearly doubling the number of alternative school slots by August and creating morning and evening programs for working students.
The plan calls for the creation of two new alternative schools and the redesign of existing alternative schools, where [...]
Former business manager’s arrest not related to closure of school
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The decision to close two of the county school district’s alternative schools was not due solely to the arrest of the district’s former business manager for illegal use of the district’s bank account, but it was a contributing factor, said the county’s top school official.
Gila County Superintendent of Public Schools Dr. Linda O’Dell said she [...]
East Aurora High school on alert after exstudents alleged online threats
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“We’re confident that it is safe for students to be in school,” Aurora police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said. The online comments specifically named students and indicated that it would be deserved if they met with a violent end, according to authorities. The student [...]
Fightback begins as schools face axe
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Headteachers and governors who were told last month that their village schools will be shut by July are demanding that ministers order local councils to think again.Staff are furious that they were given the final order to close just days before Jim Knight, the schools minister, wrote to local authorities to remind them they had [...]
Transition teams tackle Jordan split
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West-side students in the east-side International Baccalaureate program wouldn’t get the boot when Jordan School District splits a year and a half from now under a proposal pitched Tuesday.
Jordan School District deputy superintendent Burke Jolley proposed the idea to create temporary agreements between east and [...]
