10/12/2008
New Charter School Will Be Island?s 4th (New York Times)
The Academy Charter School in the Village of Hempstead is expected to open with 168 students in kindergarten through fourth grade.
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10/11/2008
NYC teachers sue to wear political buttons in school (USA Today)
The teachers' union for the nation's largest public school system accused the city on Friday of banning political campaign buttons and sued to reverse the policy, declaring that free speech rights were violated.
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10/12/2008
Germantown charter school's use of taxpayer funds being investigated (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
With renewal of its charter already in jeopardy, the Germantown Settlement Charter School is being investigated by law enforcement agencies for allegedly diverting some of the $31 million in taxpayer funds it received over nine years to prop up other nonprofits operated by its parent group.
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10/12/2008
Paterson school district must refund state cost of consultant (The Star-Ledger)
A state investigation has found that the former superintendent of the Paterson public school district paid an acquaintance he hired as a consultant nearly three times the legal amount, according to a report in The Record. The state Department of...
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10/12/2008
Brushfire damages school (San Francisco Chronicle)
A neighbor (lower right) uses a garden hose to help fight a brushfire that broke out near Loring Avenue in Mill Valley late Saturday afternoon. The 10-acre blaze raced up a hillside and damaged Mount Tamalpais School. Principal Kate Mecca said the fire caused...
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10/12/2008
Woburn plans 5th new school (Boston Globe)
If Woburn can requisition a parkland site and clean up its environmental contamination, the city could be well on its way toward its fifth new school since 2001.
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10/12/2008
Scolded at school, fan lauded by Rays (Major League Baseball)
Scolded at school, fan lauded by Rays
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10/12/2008
Newton working with state for release of school funds (Boston Globe)
With less than three months remaining before cash designated for the Newton North High School construction project is expected to run out, Newton officials said they are working to resolve an impasse with the Massachusetts School Building Authority over its release of a $46.6 million grant to build the new school.
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10/12/2008
Transfer students to other school systems get tuition break (Post-Tribune)
The superintendent of East Porter County School Corp. knows just how expensive it can be to pay to have a child transfer to another public school in Indiana.
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10/12/2008
Rochester School District mum on child abuse details (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Seven months after a Rochester public school teacher was accused of child abuse, parents and the teacher still wait for answers. Video: An outraged parent
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