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Back to School: California Teachers’ Classroom Wish Lists Fulfilled by Single Donor
A generous donor is helping tens of thousands of school kids in California with their back-to-school shopping. Teachers and students across the state posted wish lists for everything from pencils and paper to digital projectors on the website DonorsChoose.org, and earlier this week, they learned that a foundation has agreed to fund all of the requests. California – DonorsChoose – Education …

Back-to-school checklist: Whiter teeth & tattoos
Shopping for back-to-school “basics” used to mean T-shirts, jeans, socks and some notebooks. This year, parents added a few other things with one item that really stands out: tattoos.

School tribute after lake deaths
A head teacher says his school is “profoundly shocked” by the deaths of a 16-year-old pupil and a former student killed when a car crashed into a lake.

School Watching Wetterling Person of Int
Officials at St. Boniface School in Cold Spring say a paraprofessional will accompany students when they are with a teacher who has been called a “person of interest” in the Jacob Wetterling case.

Keller school officials looking into tax election
School leaders consider the plan to counter falling property revenues, and avoid another deficit.

School board money used for pep rally
The Toronto District School Board should spend taxpayers money on fixing deteriorating schools rather than a $127,000 back-to-school Vanity Fair at the Air Canada Centre, trustee Josh Matlow said Tuesday.

School Board sets priorities for spending stimulus funds
Rehire teachers and school staff. Reinstate elective classes. Bring back magnet coordinators. Return furloughed hours. And raises maybe.

School Heat Schedule
School listing for heat schedule.

School’s race rule prompts mom to pull kids out
A policy intended to achieve racial equality at a north Mississippi school has long meant that only white kids can run for some class offices one year, black kids the next. But Brandy Springer, a mother of four mixed race children, was stunned when she moved to the area from Florida and learned her 12-year-old daughter couldn’t run for class reporter because she wasn’t the right race.

School Needs Supplies After Valley Middle School Flooding
School supplies, such as binders and paper are some of the biggest losses at Valley Middle School. Talk about this topic