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 […]
MEDFORD, Ore. – The Medford School District is predicting a $15 million deficit over the next two years. According to the MSD 2024-2025 Budget Preview Discussion, a number of factors are contributing to this deficit, including a decrease in enrollment and birth rate trends as well as heightened student needs. John Petach, Finance Controller for […]
PAINTED POST, N.Y. (WETM) - The Corning-Painted Post Area School District unveiled its 2024-2025 budget proposal on Wednesday night. On May 21st, residents will vote on a budget that calls for raising the property tax rate from 3.89% to 4.97% to avoid any cuts to jobs or programs. The alternative is lowering the tax rate []
The Board will hold a public hearing on April 23, 2024 with final vote on April 30, 2024.
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The parents of a Michigan school shooter were each sentenced to at least 10 years in prison Tuesday for failing to take steps that could have prevented the killing of four students in 2021.Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting. They were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors presented evidence of an unsecured gun at home and indifference toward the teen’s mental health.Ethan Crumbley drew...
The boy, now 17, launched a violent assault at £41,000-a-year Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon, with the intent to kill, the trial heard.
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (WETM) - The Horseheads School District Board of Education held a special meeting on April 17 ahead of April 18’s budget vote. “It's the community that will ultimately decide,” said Superintendent Dr. Thomas Douglas. Among the topics discussed were knocking down the cut jobs from 49 to 4 and decreasing the deficit. “Our []
A new version of Scrabble, called Scrabble Together, is rolling out in Europe, featuring a two-sided board and a more collaborative way to play the game.
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Chibok and Yola, Nigeria (CNN) — They were abducted from school and held in the depths of the vast Sambisa forest for years. Punished for daring to seek an education, the girls endured forced marriages, religious coercion and physical violence at the hands of their captors. Over the last decade, more
CEDAR CITY — The Iron County School District Board of Education is looking to fill an upcoming vacancy on the seven-member board. Board vice president Lauren Lewis, who represents District 6, has announced and formally submitted her intent to resign, effective May 31, due to her planning to move outside district boundaries. During the board’s […]
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Canadians have gotten a decent preview of the federal budget over the last three weeks as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his team embarked on a countrywide tour to sell their policies. Political expert, Keith Leslie, discussed what Canadians can expect ahead of Tuesday’s budget. READ MORE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces federal housing program
Layoffs come as Cloquet School Board faces an estimated $2 million drop in revenue.