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School districts work to find drug test funds
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | 25 days ago
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Ind. (AP) Two northern Indiana school districts that randomly test students for drug use are wrestling with ways to continue to fund the programs. Officials at Southwest Allen County Schools and Smith-Green Community Schools in Churubusco say the
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The Record: Varsity diminished
Ridgefield Park :: NJ :: USA | 1 month ago
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Norman Rockwell-era image of the high school football star would have been a strapping, muscular young man walking down the hall wearing a white sweater with the school's colorful varsity letter prominently displayed. Upon seeing the large,
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Maize schools to re-evaluate cost, benefits of student drug testing
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 5 months ago
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Maize school district leaders soon may reconsider a five-year-old policy that requires students who participate in extracurricular activities to agree to random drug tests. The idea is to look at the numbers and re-evaluate and see if that's still
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Teachers to boycott extracurricular activities
Toronto :: Canada | 6 months ago
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Expect Ontario high school teachers to show up 15 minutes before their shift starts and leave immediately after the bell...This is the union's next plan of attack to get the province to repeal Bill 115, which imposes wage freezes and quashes strike
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Highland Park High School students suspended after attending concert with underage drinking
Dallas :: GA :: USA | 7 months ago
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07 November 2012 12:06 AM Highland Park ISD has suspended several high school students from extracurricular activities after they attended a concert where teenagers were seen drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana.
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Imagine charter school starts drug testing
North Port :: FL :: USA | 8 months ago
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Melissa Fierro loves to play soccer and isn't afraid to speak her mind, which is why she will make a talented lawyer someday, her mother figures. Melissa, a 14-year-old high school freshman, gets good grades and doesn't get into trouble. She doesn't
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Sept. 20: Blue Ja(y)ded, and other letters to the editor
Taipei :: Taiwan | 8 months ago
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EDT Blue Ja(y)ded The Blue Jays organization has not really been held to account for the culture of ignorance that Yunel Escobar's thoughtless act reflects (The Blue Jays' Black Eye Sept. 19). Many of these boy-men are immature, and come from a wide
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Tips for parents on choosing kids' extracurricular activities
Oakdale :: MN :: USA | 9 months ago
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Newsday Almost every extracurricular activity, from dance to debate team, is getting ready to start or kick into high gear as the school year begins. With so many choices, parents can get overwhelmed about how to direct their kids. Child
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School drug testing beefed up in Central Indiana
Greentown :: OH :: USA | 9 months ago
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Students in a Central Indiana school district who test positive for drug use could lose the right to participate in extracurricular activities and be forced to undergo counseling as part of changes to the drug-testing policy. Eastern Howard Schools
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Help kids play with a pay-what-you-can plan
Lancaster :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Pa. (AP) On a sunny summer afternoon, some 90 youngsters were gathered at Amos Herr Park in Landisville, taking part in a Penn Legacy soccer club program. As the children practiced soccer skills, parents retreated to camp chairs and the shade of one
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