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Retirement plan rejected
The Baltimore County school board voted last night to reject changing retirement plan services to a single provider, after a protest from hundreds of employees and the district's five labor groups. The board unanimously opposed the recommended contract...Tags: Patapsco, National Government, Retirement, Government, Employees
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Teacher who sued Howard schools is put on leave
A Howard County high school teacher who won a racial discrimination lawsuit against the county school system last year has been placed on administrative leave after lodging a new $1 million suit alleging that her previous legal action led to harassment in...Tags: Minority Groups, Discrimination, Racism, National or Ethnic Minorities, Ellicott City
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Harold M. Burdette, Harford County educator
Harold Merritt Burdette, a retired Harford County educator and volunteer, died Oct. 1 at Sinai Hospital of complications from bypass surgery. The longtime Bel Air resident was 89. Born and raised in Renick, W.Va., Mr. Burdette was a 1937 graduate of...Tags: University of Virginia, Baptist, Christianity, Colleges and Universities, Teachers
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Wellington freshman team learning good habits
Special To The ForumLee Tanton enjoys watching young football players develop into good football players. Tanton, coach of the Wellington High School freshman football team, heads up a squad of 30 players, all ninth-graders. The team plays a six-game regular-season schedule... -
Late Registrations Force East Hartford Schools To Scramble
So many students registered late for school this year that the district had to scramble to move teachers in September to keep class sizes down, Superintendent of Schools Marion H. Martinez told the board of education Monday night. "This was one of the...Tags: East Hartford
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UConn's Hayes Adjusting To College Life
Just the simple act of strolling into one of UConn's cavernous lecture halls and feeling somewhat anonymous has been enough to convince freshman Tiffany Hayes that much about her world has changed. "It's so different," Hayes said. "You don't have that in...Tags: University of Connecticut, Geno Auriemma, McDonald's, Billiards, Snooker and Pool, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Program
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You can't point finger at UM's Shannon yet; blame 2-3 start on weak junior, senior classes
You don't start with Randy Shannon or Patrick Nix or the dual quarterback system. You don't start with that 12th man on the field who changed everything Saturday or the successive home losses in what could become another long autumn at the University of...Tags: Urban Meyer, University of Miami, National Football League, Jimmy Carter, Florida State University
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Communication breakdown costs West Boca
Sports EditorSamantha Goldmacher and Katrina Polglaze had similar explanations when asked why the West Boca girls' junior varsity volleyball team wasn't able to pull out the third game of its best-of-three matchup against Martin County. "Talk, talk, talk," said...Tags: Volleyball, Chicago Bulls, Academic Progress
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Farmington Girls Swim Team To Be Tested Against Hall
Farmington girls swim coach Scott Ferrigno was asked earlier in the season who his rival was in his team's first year in the Central Connecticut Conference. He didn't know then, but he may be about to find out. Farmington, which has one of its deepest...Tags: Philadelphia Eagles, Weather Reports, New England Patriots
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Catasauqua Area district hints at repurchase of Lincoln Middle School
Of The Morning CallThe Catasauqua Area School District has expressed interest in buying back one of its former properties, which could derail plans for a proposed charter school. School board solicitor David Knerr said Tuesday evening during a public hearing that the...Tags: Charter Schools, Thomas Paine, North Catasauqua, Catasauqua, Middle Schools
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Joseph Anthony Monserrat was an educator with passion
Sentinel staff writerJoseph Anthony Monserrat's love for drama was an early part of his life. "We used to put on shows for our neighbors from our porch in Key West," said his sister Cookie Medina, who recalled singing "Lipstick on Your Collar" and "Pink Shoe Laces" at...Tags: Medical Conditions, Rollins College, Seminole County, Teachers, Key West
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Honors for York teens
I am a graduate of York Schools now attending James Madison University. I feel the York Honors Program puts many students at a disadvantage. The curricular requirements and layout of the York program limit participation to students who are native to the...Tags: Harrisonburg (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
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