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Mailbag: Give teachers better seats at board meetings
Thirty-five years ago, I wrote a letter to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education arguing that the teachers' organization should have an equal place on the board dais during meetings. For those of you who have not been to a board...Tags: Mountains, Abortion Issue, Social Issues, Abortion, Feminism
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Student shave heads, cut hair for cancer research
More than 50 students and staff at Bower Elementary School shaved their heads May 16 to help cancer research. It is the school's third year in the community service project benefiting St. Baldrick's and Locks of Love. Of those participating, 55 shaved...
Tags: Medical Research
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In Southern Lehigh, a librarian leads both ballots
In the Southern Lehigh School Board race, with eight cross-filed candidates vying for four open seats, librarian Kathleen Parsons was top vote-getter on the Republican and Democratic ballots with all precincts reporting. Parsons had 18 percent of the...Tags: Politics, Coopersburg, Liberty Bell, Elections, Voting
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Classic car cruise-in to be held Friday
Williamsport’s next classic car cruise-in is set for Friday on Potomac Street (U.S. 11). Registration begins at 5 p.m. A donation of $3 is requested. Entertainment will be provided by a disc jockey. There will also be a 50/50 drawing. An antique...Tags: Swimming, American Red Cross, Dodge, Pancakes, Foods and Beverages
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UPDATED: Michigan AG reveals program to prevent school violence
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general laid out a proposal Tuesday aimed at preventing violence in schools by creating a confidential tipline for parents and students to report potentially dangerous behavior. Bill Schuette announced the...
Tags: Columbine High School, Laws, Rick Snyder, Justice System, Students
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Central post-prom a success
The Aberdeen Central High School PTA would like to thank the following businesses for their generous support of the 2013 post-prom party on April 20: Aberdeen Dental Associates, Aberdeen Dermatology Associates LLP, Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and...Tags: Burger King, Science and Technology, Dentistry and Dental Health, Chiropractic, Personal Service
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Elinor S. McLeod
janeth@herald-mail.comElinor McLeod came from a long line of female educators, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were teachers. She went on to become one of the first female principals for Washington County Public Schools and served many county...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Washington, DC, Holidays, Teaching and Learning, Heart Attack
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If snack and soda sales are OK in schools, why not cigarettes? [Letter]
As a parent of a ninth-grader at Glenelg High School, I am saddened and flabbergasted that the PTA is taking such a hard-line stance against student health and, indirectly, academic performance. I was equally shocked by the soda and candy machines moved...Tags: Health and Safety at School
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Cruise Ship Jobs, Family, Political Fundraising, Port of Los Angeles
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Music Theater, Engineering, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Entertainment, American Cancer Society
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: Public Schools, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Yale University, Brooklyn (New York City), Roland Park
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Jeanette M. Smith, housekeeper
Jeanette M. Smith, a retired housekeeper who was active in Republican politics, died May 2 at FutureCare Old Court senior living facility in Randallstown. She was 94. "We are waiting for the results of an autopsy for the cause of death," said a grandson,...
Tags: Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, American Legion, Christianity, Randallstown
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