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SoCal school's ex-PTA head charged with theft
The former president of a local Southern California PTA has been charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing $20,000 raised from children's candy bar sales. The Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/10Y5pFJ ) says Patricia Gledhill pleaded not guilty earlier this month to two felony counts. Gledhill was PTA president last year for ...
Southern Indiana garden honors Thomas Jefferson
Jeffersonville CityPride, a local steel production company, and students from Spring Hill and Maple elementary schools have created a new garden at Warder Park that pays tribute to the city's namesake. The project, dubbed the "Thomas Jefferson garden," is near a 10-foot bronze statue of the nation's third president and ...
Federal cuts affect poorest Kansas schools
Kansas school districts face the loss of about $7.2 million this coming school year in federal funding for its high-poverty schools, according to the state Department of Education. In a letter notifying school districts of the cuts Thursday, the department described the losses in Title I funding as "major." The ...
Caddo school board looking for budget solution
The Caddo Parish School Board will have to find another way to start correcting its $21 million budget shortfall. The Times reports (http://bit.ly/ZigiXF ) nearly three hours of debate ended with the board right where it began before Thursday's meeting, leaving the teachers in attendance exhausted but relieved. As part ...
C. Pa. official: Students safe after school threat
A central Pennsylvania school official says students are safe but classes are dismissing early as a precaution following a threat to an elementary school. Williamsburg School District Superintendent Linda Smith says the school has already been evacuated. The high school was also going to dismiss students early for the day, ...
Fla. woman meets son she gave up for adoption
A central Florida woman has reunited with her son almost 36 years after giving him up for adoption. The happy reunion took place Thursday at Orlando International Airport, where Andre "Dre" Knight arrived from Los Angeles on a one-way ticket to meet his mother, Robin West. He said he'll go ...
Lansing mentor program transforms boys to men
David DeMyers grew up without a father in his life, a male role model to guide him as he was growing up. But the Waverly High School senior found guidance through a mentoring program that targets primarily black boys and teens. Through Turning Point of Lansing, DeMyers said he has ...
Baton Rouge woman accused of cruelty to juveniles
Baton Rouge police have arrested a 28-year-old woman accused of beating her three children, ages 2, 4 and 5, with an extension cord on their back, hip, face, chest and arm. The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/132wERt ) the children told police their mother, Sherrie Ann Stevenson beat them on April 21 ...
Foster parents open their home to children in need
Stacey and Jerry Cowan always seem to have room in their home for another child. The Meriden couple — who combined have six biological children — have been foster parents to 10 children over the past 1 1/2 years. They currently have three foster children and two of Jerry's children ...
Michigan panel OKs 3 pct. raise for K-12 schools
Michigan's public schools would get about 3 percent more and it's community colleges and universities about 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year under measures approved by Republican-led budget panels Thursday. Earlier this week, lawmakers agreed on the spending targets — or how much each department will receive ...
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