School Year Opens in Page County at Shenandoah Elementary
Crowded buses park at Shenandoah Elementary as Page County students begin the new school year. Principal Dixie Davis and staff greet children with Disney character stickers, each labeled with bus numbers to ease the first day. Students locate teachers and head to class, mood upbeat.
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Shenandoah Elementary
Davis
Shenandoah
Page County
Dixie Davis
Sarah McAnusty
Ted Hayes
Florida
Elkton
ACE Dean Home Center
Disney World
Orlando
Fla
Christina Secrist
Tampa
Tampa Bay
Elkton Middle clears NCLB passing marks with ease
Elkton Middle School easily met the federally required passing rates under the No Child Left Behind standards. Principal Ramona Pence says EMS posted 88 percent math and 94 percent English all-school scores, with only one subgroup present, boosting districtwide performance and maintaining AYP status.
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Elkton
Virginia
Elkton Middle School
Ramona Pence
EMS
Pence
Harrisonburg
Elkton's mounting debt raises questions in debt debate
Since expanding into land development eight years ago Elkton has accumulated substantial debt. By June 30 2010 the debt neared 7.8 million while since 2005 more than 5.5 million has been borrowed for land buys water and sewer projects and converting Wrangler Building into Elkton Area Community Center. With budgets of 3.9 4.6 and 4.9 million in recent years the town has consistently matched or exceeded its annual budget in debt service, signaling sustained fiscal strain.
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Elkton
Harrisonburg
Pentecostal Hill
Wrangler
Elkton Area
Bridge named for fallen firefighter Roy Dale Smith III in McGaheysville
Roy Dale Smith III, 17, died responding to a call near Island Ford Road in 2008. A bridge over railroad tracks was dedicated in his memory during a ceremony that also launched the second annual Roy Dale Smith III Memorial Scholarship Motorcycle Ride. Local officials noted he was close to the fire station at the time of the crash.
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Roy Dale Smith Jr
Smith
McGaheysville
Roy Dale Smith III
Rockingham County
Mike Breeden
Todd Dyer
Val
Roy Dale Smith II
Byrd Newspapers
Michael Reilly
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Matt Dofflemyer
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SHS
Travis Long
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Rose E. Rogers
Port Republic
Jean N. Kitta
Ha Clarence F. Kline
el Paso
Texas
Diane L. Kyger
Penn Laird
Margaret L. Marshall
Virginia J. Meleski
Elsie L. Randolph
Grottoes
Margaret E. Rodgers
Stauntor
Robin M. Shiflett
U.S. 33
Jeremy Hunt
Eastside Highway
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