The Jamestown School Board has officially adopted a $104.5 million budget for the 2024-25 school year that will now go onto voters for final approval. The spending plan includes no increase in the tax levy. District Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations Brittnay Spry said since March, the replacement of two lifts at the bus […]
JOPLIN, Mo. — Joplin Schools has announced the appointment of Stacey Tracy as the new Director of Special Education, effective July 1, 2024. Tracy, who has been serving as the interim director since January of this year, will formally assume her new role within the district. Since joining Joplin Schools in 2017, Tracy has held []
Flanked by veterans who served in the Bay of Pigs invasion, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a measure that will lead to the history of communism being taught in grades as low as kindergarten.DeSantis spoke in Hialeah Gardens where he signed SB 1264 into law enabling schools to teach ‘the dangers and evils of Communism.’ READ: Drunk Clearwater captain fell off boat while 30 people were attending tour: PoliceThe bill requires teaching on the history of communism in Florida public schools,...
A state law still bans e-bike riding by youth under 16, but Bend-La Pine Schools have been among those seeing a rise in young riders, so they have cracked down to improve safety. Jillian Fortner will look at the issue and the impact of the new policy. She'll have a special report Friday on NewsChannel
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The High Desert Education Service District board of directors announced Thursday that former Crook County school superintendent Sara Johnson will be the regional organization’s next superintendent. Beginning in July, Johnson will lead the HDESD team in the delivery of Central Oregon’s early childhood education (0-5 years), special education (0-21 years), mental/behavioral
The VFX artist, sculptor and model maker passed away on February 18 at his home in North Wales, his friend of five decades Mick Cooper revealed to The Hollywood Reporter .
An Iowa special education teacher was fired after she ratted out a staff member who ignored the screams of a nonverbal autistic child as he hit his head on the concrete floor. Amanda Delzell, 29, has been on paid leave since late last year but was fired by the Urbandale school board Monday night in a 4-1 vote.She said she was worried about the safety of 7-year-old Keaton Petek because one of her colleagues ignored him when he hit his head at Webster Elementary School last year. Delzell - who...
Holyoke Public Schools is one of five school districts in the state set to receive the next round of funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to help fund electric school buses.
The Chesterfield School Board is seeking input on the potential name for a new middle school.
Terrale Johnson, 29, who’d been an All-Big 12 performer at K-State, died unexpectedly on Saturday.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – In a letter to families Tuesday night, Albuquerque Public Schools announced changes in the bell schedule for the 2024-2025 school year. Most high schools are seeing little to no change starting at 8:40 am and going until 3:25 pm or 3:40 pm. Most middle schools will start about an hour earlier 8:05 []
A bill that permits educational programs about periods to be taught in public schools, if school boards allow it, has been signed into law by Governor Glenn Youngkin.