| Berryville School's construction plans approved by state
BERRYVILLE - State education officials have approved construction plans and money amounts for the four main building projects at Berryville Schools, but not the proposed K-2 physical education facility.Superintendent Mike Cox said the K-2 building won't be allowed because of “space calculations" used by the state to determine necessity. Those calculations indicated there would too much physical education space on the west campus, especially with the new multi-purpose building planned nearby. “All students from the K-5 campus will use the multi-purpose building for physical education classes," he told the Berryville Board of Education when it met Monday night.The four main projects approved for state funding include the 3-5 school building and multi-purpose building on the west campus, and the fine arts building and renovation of the band building into a physical education facility on the east campus.The state has promised to contribute $6,224,742 to those projects, which is $180,000 more than previously promised.
Growing medical jobs careersite partners with GeneEd to offer ...
Louisville, KY, March 3, 2007—BioHealthRx, a fast-growing medical jobs careersite announced today it has signed a partnership agreement with GeneEd, a leading provider of continuing medical education, to offer CME and CE courses for the biotechnology, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. BioHealthRX will allow medical professionals to choose from a wide range of topics such as Bioinformatics, Human Gene Therapy, Anatomy of the Cardiovascular System, Renal system, Good Clinical Practice and many more directly through the website. Companies who wish to customize courses for their employees may complete a short online form that will generate a follow-up call from a GeneEd representative. “We are extremely excited to be working alongside GeneEd," states Jeri Lyskowinski, President and CEO of BioHealthRx.
Little Chute Area School District announces coaches
LITTLE CHUTE - The varsity baseball team at Little Chute High School will be under the direction of Trevor Behm, a physical education teacher who has been with the district since 2005-06. The Board of Education approved his coaching position along with Bryan Lamers as a volunteer assistant at its Feb. 26 meeting.
Mike VanEperen will head up the junior varsity baseball program.
Guy VanDynHoven was approved as a volunteer assistant varsity softball coach.
The board hired Tracy Schmidt, a middle school counselor, as junior varsity softball coach.
James Brooks will head varsity boys and girls track. He previously served as an assistant track coach at the high school four seasons and head coach of girls track in Germantown.
Danielle Rankin, a student teacher at the elementary school, will become an assistant track and field coach.
Raffle's chances
Was your Feb. 12 article ("Lottery idea: $20 a play for $1 million") on the upcoming state raffle a math test for us, or was it to see if we were paying attention?Recently you reported that the lottery might be falling short of expected revenues, and some noted that North Carolina pays a smaller percentage back to the players (about 52 percent) than many states, including South Carolina (59.9 percent) and Virginia (58.1 percent). According to your article on the raffle, it will pay even less than that -- 50 percent. It would take another $200,000 given out in prizes to meet the 52 percent return (I would suggest 2,000 winners of $100 each).You also reported that if all tickets are sold [the plan is to sell 500,000 tickets at $20 each], the game will generate $3.5 million for education. Granted, that is the 35 percent designated for education, but that leaves $1.5 million left over.
US Committed to Social Justice in Latin America
Washington – The Bush administration is introducing a series of initiatives aimed at helping the countries of Latin America extend health care, education and economic opportunity to the region's millions of working poor. “The goal of this great country, the goal of a country full of generous people is an Americas where the dignity of every person is respected," President Bush told the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce March 5, “where all find room at the table, and where opportunity reaches into every village and every home." Bush discussed the initiatives and U.S. partnerships in the region ahead of his March 8-14 trip to Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. (See related article.) The region has made great strides in recent decades, Bush said, with 34 democracies active in today's Organization for American States. “From New York, Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]to Buenos Aires [Argentina] and Montreal, we speak different languages, but our democracies all [derive] their legitimacy from the same source – the consent of the governed," he said.
FileMaker Showcases K-12 Solutions at Texas Computer Education ...
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The latest FileMaker Pro 8.5 database solutions supporting No Child Left Behind and other innovative approaches for improving teacher and student skills will be presented by FileMaker during the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) Convention & Exhibition, Booth # 1716, February 5-9, Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX http://www.tcea2007.org/. On Thursday, February 8, 4:30 -- 5:15 p.m., Greg Walker, Data Solutions Administrator for Pinellas County Schools in Largo, Florida, and Bob Barboza, Resource Specialist for the Paramount Unified School District, Paramount, CA, will co-present "Stepping Up Student Information Systems to Ensure No Child Left Behind." The presentation will describe how the Pinellas County School System has implemented a FileMaker database system to interact with its Student Information System (SIS) to analyze individual and grade level performance results.
National Symposium Shows Record Number of Black State Legislators ...
Barbara M. Blackmon, President of NBCSI and former State Senator from Mississippi stated that "the Symposium comes at a time where research indicates that Black families across the nation are in an economic crisis--significant lower credit scores, living pay check to pay check, and burdened with high debt and interest rates on credit cards and home loans. These challenging times are further fueled by the record low number of home ownership and rising foreclosures, limited assets and savings where families are left without safety nets in times of financial trouble. The time is right for our organization to once again take a leadership role in seeking solutions to these issues." While these issues are complex with no quick fix solutions, over the past few years, nearly fifty proposals have been introduced across the country to advance financial literacy education at the state level.
|
