Alternative diplomas in peril as No Child Left Behind stalls reforms
South Carolina districts weigh keeping or dropping employability and career prep diplomas for at risk students. Richland 2 supports the program while Batesburg Leesville delays enrollment noting federal rules require standard attainment. Students cite real world relevance and job outcomes from the diploma track.
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South Carolina
Pat Padgett
Batesburg High School
Batesburg Leesville
Richland 2
Sue Dillon
Pogram
Bob Crouch
Office of Career and Technology
State Department of Education
Dillon
Mack
Ridge View High School
Stephanie Rucker
Richland
Rucker
Tonys Honor Hairspray Cast and Others in Broadway Night
Fierstein won for Edna Turnblad in Hairspray with Tony wins also for Wilbur Tracy and supporting categories. Winokur praised a 4 foot 11 New York girl as a leading lady. Long Day's Journey's Dennehy and Redgrave earned acting prizes.
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Fierstein
Merstein
Banderas
Brian Dennehy
Vanesssa Redgrave
James ‘Tyrone
Mary
Redgrave
Jane Krakowska
Marc Shaiman
Shaiman
Mark O'Donnell
Thomas Meehan
Jack O’brien
Joe Mantello
Robert Falls
Denis O'Hare
O'Hare
Michele Pawk
Carol Burnett
Hollywood Arms
Pawk
Various Saturday Incidents Reported Near Whiskey Road
An elderly man threatened violence at a pharmacy on Whiskey Road after learning the prescription price. A youth damaged four vehicles on Churchill Circle with a pocket knife, with a $200 damages payment promised. A woman left a fast food drive thru without paying $12. A parking lot entrance sustained $450 damage Friday night. A store employee turned in rock-like crack cocaine pieces found in a dental floss box. A home window on Vincent Avenue was broken by a brick causing $400 in damages in late April.
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Whiskey Road
Churchill Circle
Chase Lane
East Gate Drive
Vincent Avenue
Legislative actions loom as 2004 session nears
Businesses report no major tax hikes but expect higher fees including 25 for WC hearings 75 for pesticide licenses 50 for video game licenses and 1 per fish for sterile certification. Gov Sanford signs a securities fraud investigation bill tied to Carolina Investors collapse affecting about 8000 people.
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Workers’ Compensation Commission
Mark Sanford
Henry McMaster
Carolina
Upstate
General Assembly
Howard
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Tonys
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Aiken Public Safety
Blue Cross BlueShield
Mark Taylor & Associates
Greenwood St. SW
Aiken, SC
Holley
State House
House
Judiciary Committee
Public Service Commission
Commission
Senate
Afl-Cio
Donna Dewitt
Garry Ash
Directv
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