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Race to the Top funding application OK’d
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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The School Board of Manatee County unanimously approved letting the district reach out for $5.1 million in Race to the Top funds. The federal program, strongly endorsed by Superintendent Tim McGonegal, still has some hurdles to clear, including
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Manatee schools prep for more cuts
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Voters' rejection of a local critical needs tax and statewide relief to ease public school class sizes could mean drastic steps for the Manatee County School District next year: eliminating some elective classes and employee furloughs. Although
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Traffic delays to hit schools
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Starting Monday, parents should expect traffic delays at several Manatee County public schools due to railroad maintenance work during the next month. Because of detours, mostly near railroad crossings, school transportation officials say buses may
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St. Stephen’s school gala scheduled
Sarasota :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 0 comments St. Saint Stephen's Episcopal School's Parents' Association will host the Falcon Grand Gala 2010 Cowboy Style on Saturday. The event, which starts at 6:30 p.m., will take place at the Sarasota Polo Club at Lakewood
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Schooling options weighed for at-risk youth from group home
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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A number of options are being considered by Manatee County School District leaders on how and where to school at-risk youth from a new therapeutic group home that recently opened in Bradenton. State law requires that the school district provide
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Moving to the music
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Sporting a Braden River Middle School dance uniform with her long, blonde hair in a side ponytail, 13-year-old Caroline Imiolek did the cha-cha across the room Wednesday...Instead, the eighth-grade girl and a group of more than two dozen Manatee
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Fire district consolidation issue cools
Palmetto :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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When Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash walked into the Council of Governments meeting at the Manatee Civic Center Tuesday he was confronted with a row of uniformed firefighters...McClash had broached the idea of Manatee County consolidating
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Through art, students still helping Haiti
Port au Prince :: Haiti | over 2 years ago
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They're small, hand-painted houses that make a big difference in the lives of people in another country. And it's all thanks to the Bayshore High School students and staff who made them. The school's art department joined the nationwide fundraiser
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Schools plan to limit teachers on social media
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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A frustrated local middle school teacher posted on his Facebook page that he hated his students and his job. When Manatee County School District officials found out, they ordered him to take the comment down, then suspended him for five days. Now
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Reinstated teacher resigns from district
Bradenton :: FL :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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A teacher cleared of classroom incompetence during the 2008-09 school year and who had her job reinstated this week resigned Tuesday from the Manatee County School District, her attorney said Wednesday. Laurel Davis, who taught math at Buffalo Creek
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