District to pilot after-school daycare in four schools
The district partners with Camp Fire and the YMCA to run after-school daycare at Barbara Jordan Cameron Dowling and Gonzales elementary schools. Agencies aim to enroll 40 to 45 per site with $35 registration and $33 weekly fees. Scholarships offer access, with goals to reduce latchkey concerns and expand if successful.
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Barbara Jordan
Cameron
Camp Fire
YMCA
Dowling
Gonzales
ECISD
Hector Mendez
Mendez
Jordan
Denise Malm
Petro
Teachers Seek New Discipline
In Omaha Nebraska teacher Madaline Fennell describes being hit kicked and spat upon by students while noting kindergarten level behavior issues signal tougher times ahead. Across the nation teachers report rising violence and disruptive conduct from early grades as schools seek new discipline strategies beyond traditional classroom management.
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New Orleans
Madaline Fennell
Omaha
Neb
Fennell
Mary E. Pier
Aberdeen
Wash
Lou Ann Smith
Lagrange
Ind
Public Agenda
UTPB Receives 128-Volume Civil War History Set
A 128 volume out of print reprint edition of War of the Rebellion about the Civil War was donated to the J. Conrad Dunagan Library at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin by retired Odessa physician Charles Lambeth and his wife. The set, published 1880 to 1901, is valued over $2,000 and will aid courses on the American South Civil War military history and the American West, assisting graduate research and benefiting undergraduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
J. Conrad Dunagan
Charles Lambeth
Odessa
James Marcum
UTPB
Warren Gardner
NEA Rejects Merger With Other Union
In New Orleans the National Education Association defeated a plan to merge with the American Federation of Teachers. Delegates voted 5,624 against and 4,091 for, 58 percent to 42 percent, short of the two-thirds needed. President Robert F Chase led the effort but the union preserved its distinct identity. AFT leader Sandra Feldman expressed disappointment yet noted shared goals between the groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
National Education Association
NEA
Representative Assembly
American Federation of Teachers
Robert F. Chase
Chase
AFT
Sandra Feldman
Gale Pond Alamo Plans Week Schedule at Gale Pond Elementary
Odessa American lists the weekly activities for Gale Pond Elementary. The schedule includes a Scholastic Book Fair, a holiday assembly, PTA executive board meeting, cafeteria charge deadline, and Spirit Day with red attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Pond
Alamo
Paul Bunyan Faces Mosquito Beasts With Giant Bees
Paul Bunyan, Babe the blue ox, and friends confront a sky darkening swarm of prehistoric mosquitoes. Jenny Inkslinger proposes giant bees from the coast to fight them, leading to a clash where bees and mosquitoes engage in buzzing, stinging, and surprising union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Paul
Jenny Inkslinger
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Sousa
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Scott Johnson
Blooming Grove
Thrift World
John Ben Shepperd Institute
Johnson
Sherita Williams
Houston
Servants of the Poor
Grant Way
Williams
John Ben Shepperd Leadership Institute
Wick DE LA Torre
Paul Bunyan
The
Mosquito Bees
Amy Friedman
Jillian Gillitand
Aud Bunyan
Goliath
Babe
Elmer
Sport
Fido
Dakota Woods
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