Storied Team Faces School Budget Knife (New York Times)
The Mount Vernon Vernon City School District is operating on a
contingency budget and school sports are under the knife.
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Fundraiser to benefit Christ Lutheran High School in Buckley (The
Champaign News-Gazette)
BUCKLEY – Tickets are still available for Christ Lutheran High
School's fourth annual Knight for Christ Auction – the biggest fundraiser
of the year for the private Christian school in Buckley. Donations of
items and cash are also being sought for the auction, scheduled for 4 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 23, in the Grand Ball Room at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference
Center, 1001 Killarney St., U.
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McCain Promotes Private School Vouchers at NAACP (The New York
Sun)
CINCINNATI — Senator McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black
voters today that he will expand education opportunities, partly through
vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. The likely
Republican presidential nominee addressed the annual convention of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation's
oldest civil rights organization. RELATED: ...
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School Committee files special education lawsuit (Tewksbury
Advocate)
Tewksbury’s School Committee filed a federal lawsuit last week
against the state’s Bureau of Special Education Appeals on a recent
ruling finding the town responsible for funding a student’s private
tutoring at a private non-approved center.
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Winnipeg rejects Christian school's expansion plans (CBC via Yahoo!
Canada News)
A private school that has operated in a Winnipeg neighbourhood for
more than 40 years may soon be looking for a new home after the city on
Thursday denied it permission to expand.
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