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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1998
Page
9
In Shreveport Louisiana principal Lewis McCulloch sent a memo urging teachers to help students reach goals without awarding undeserved grades. Critics say it implies threats of consequences for not changing marks while supporters say it promotes makeup work and extra help.
A memo asks staff to revisit grades for students near failing and adjust or clarify as needed to avoid failure based on first to third nine weeks results. It notes progress should be rewarded where possible and warns of large class sizes if students are retained, acknowledging limits on help in some cases.
Houston AP reports that the Medical Center Charter School sits near its students' parents’ workplaces, a trend in about 30 such schools nationwide. Ashley and Teka ride with their mothers who work at M D Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Orthopedic Hospital, reducing commutes and easing child care worries. Families travel from far distances, and proximity helps with illnesses and late hours.
Dade County, Florida based American Bankers Insurance Group operates the American Bankers Satellite School in the 1987 88 school year. Ten teachers serve 219 pupils from kindergarten through fifth grade. Teachers and textbooks come from Miami Dade public schools and the center acts as a satellite learning site for Cutler Ridge Elementary. The company provides the building and minimal support.
West Point labeled a training ground for assassins by critics of the Army’s School of the Americas. Notable graduates include Manuel Noriega and Roberto D’Aubuisson. The facility defends itself, noting some abuses by a few graduates but denies systemic wrongdoing. Reverend Roy Bourgeois, jailed protest participant, calls the school the West Point of Latin America.
A Texas study shows minority enrollment remained stable overall from 1995 to 1997, but many minorities chose smaller colleges closer to home rather than UT Austin or Texas A&M. Enrollment shifts include 64 fewer minorities statewide, with Asian American up 394, African American up 64, and Hispanics down 542.
Activities for June 8 12 at Gale Pond Alamo Elementary include a daily snack stand during lunch recess. On Monday a dental unit serves K 3 at Alamo and a PTA meeting at 6 30 p m for 1st and 2nd grades. Thursday features Gale Look home night at CiCi s Pizza and Friday is Spirit Day.
A hungry Coyote urges a fat Hare into a trap as Hare devises a plan to ring the school bell at just the right moment. The tale follows their wary exchange and Hare’s hopeful longest-lived plea, setting up a clever twist when the bell finally rings.
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