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Archive for October, 2007

For The Fifth Straight Year The Population…

October 19, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

of the L.A. Unified School District has dropped. The school district has 20,285 less children in it this year for a total of 653,215 kids. The student population a few years ago was over 700,000.

Retests Of The MEAP Are Going To…

October 19, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

take place between the 5-13th of November.

The Chicago Tribune Reports…

October 19, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on more and more retirees going to community colleges.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer Reports….

October 19, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

on some high school students in a program where they do some gardening to earn some money.

Niagara Falls School District Article….

October 19, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The Buffalo News reports on this school district that has 48 less school teachers, but still below the legal limit.

Short King Middle School Rant….

October 18, 2007 By: richard.ginn Category: Uncategorized

The news on this middle school has made the airwaves big time. This school wants to offer the pill to students at this school.

I do not care if giving out the pills is confidential or not. This is a complete no-no. The Portland School Committee needs a new vote to change what they have done.

To me it is even too soon to be handing out drugs like this.

Under my educational plan I would like to have some sort of sex-education at the fifth or sixth grade level. At this level you need the basics of sex education covered along with the cost of raising a kid explained. Sex-ed teachers could explain where to get stuff like birth control pills, but lets save all the graphic stuff for high school.