Carbondale invites businesses to welcome visitors with trains
Carbondale businesses are invited to join a citywide contest sponsored by the Carbondale Convention and Tourism Bureau to create autumn themed displays with a train silhouette. The contest runs Sept 15 to Nov 3 with early entries by Sept 1 earning extra points. Winners receive free advertising from The Southern Illinoisan.
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Local teachers drawn from Marion area for 12 hires
School officials announced the 12 new teachers for the year, many from Marion and Southern Illinois communities. Among them are Lincoln first-grade teacher Marc Liberta who studied at SIU Carbondale. Board president Wayne Tate praised hiring the best and brightest.
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Cindy Elliot
Budget Shortfall Disputed By Marion School Chief
Marion School Superintendent Tom Oates argues that a 1.47 million budget shortfall misrepresents the district’s health. He cites past bond spending for health and life safety as inflating expenses and notes a 715 thousand expansion at Longfellow heightening revenue-expenditure gap.
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Three teachers join Carbondale New School
Carbondale New School hires Lisa Percy Misty Painter and Heidi Fossum for the next school year Percy will teach multiple grades and supervise physical education Painter will teach prekindergarten and bring a theme based curriculum Fossum will teach fourth and fifth grades The school on Last Pleasant Hill Road notes limited registration and offers cas.jumpeducation.com or Linda Rohling at 457-4765 for more information.
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