Reading is Fundamental reaches 4000 students
Reading is Fundamental served nearly 4,000 Jackson and Perry County youngsters in 1981, distributing about 12,000 books. The program, renewed for a third year, aims to motivate children to read by letting them choose from a variety of titles.
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Jackson
Perry Counties
Donald Stricklin
Stricklin
Jackson County
Perry County
Ruth Ann Roethe
Betty Knapp
Judy Heck
James Stricklin
Louise Stearns
Lottie Vaughn
Lurene Connor
Margaret Matthias
Tom Eynon
Elizabeth Heisner
Patsy Rose Hoshiko
Unity Point rehires all certified teachers for 1982-83
Unity Point Community Consolidated District 140 re employed all 30 certified teachers and all non certified staff for next year. Superintendent James Patton noted enrollment of 625 as the district grows. The 1982-83 calendar was adopted with classes starting August 23 and ending June 7. Bids for data and word processing equipment were tabled until April.
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Unity Point Community
James Patton
Shawnee debt talks continue at Ware meeting
Shawnee Community Unit 84 School District discussions pause after three nights of talks with no conclusion. Superintendent Harold Garner cites proposals to close Wolf Lake School and cut staff, while parents seek to close the Ware kindergarten office and reduce elementary and high school staff. Next meeting set for 7 p.m. Monday at the Ware office.
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Ware
Shawnee Community Unit 84
Harold Garner
Garner
Wolf Lake
Tamaroa district lays off one teacher amid staff changes
The Tamaroa 211 school district laid off one of its four teachers Wednesday night. Board President Ruth Harris declined to name the individual as teachers had not been notified. The board rehired administrative staff including Superintendent Ken Graves and plans a joint meeting with the two other Tamaroa boards to discuss bus routes.
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Tamaroa 211
Ruth Harris
Ken Graves
Tamaroa
Pinckneyville 204 Board Rehires Most District Teachers
The Pinckneyville Community Consolidated 204 Board of Education rehired all district teachers except one kept on a temporary basis. Kindergarten registration is scheduled for March 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. The board boosted boiler insurance from 200000 to 300000, raising the premium from 170 to 190.
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Pinckneyville Community Consolidated 204 Board of Education
SIUC seeks ideas to cut college costs for students
A nine member SIUC campus commission asks for cost cutting ideas to lower student bills. Co chairmen Bruce Swinburne and John Guyon invite routines or innovative suggestions to stabilize or reduce costs as part of recruitment and retention improvements.
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SIUC
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Bruce R. Swinburne
Cochairman
Commission On
Swinburne
Siu-C
John C. Guyon
Academic Affairs
Commission
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