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Members of the Cleveland Teachers Union are among those listening as Cleveland schools CEO Eugene Sanders outlines layoffs Tuesday.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland school board went budget cutting on a grand scale Tuesday, approving layoffs for about 10 percent of its 8,000 employees. True to forecasts, the board voted to lay off 545 teachers and 117 support staff, effective in June. To that were added more than 100 principals and assistant principals. Six of the eight board members present voted to approve separate resolutions to lay off teachers, support personnel and administrators. The board made its decision after meeting privately...

FORT PIERCE — Students taking their first steps into the world of learning at Chester A. Moore Elementary this fall will be able to take advantage of a new curriculum designed to develop proficiency in two languages. The school will become the first in St. Lucie County to host a dual-language program that provides instruction in English and Spanish for students in kindergarten and pre-kindergarten. C.A. Moore Principal Keith Davis said the curriculum, commonly referred to as a 50:50 immersion program, will help Spanish-speaking students learn English while providing English-speaking students with an opportunity to start learning Spanish at an...

Mexican Police Intercept “Illegals” ! Mexico City: Police who stopped a bus at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Mexico City heard odd sounds coming from the luggage compartment. Inside the compartment, they found boxes containing : 1 eagle, 2 toucans,41 mockingbirds,3 iguanas ,14 parrots,15 snakes,55 tortoises,and 1 tarantula. Officials are puzzling over what to to with these “undocumented visitors”. Minot,ND – A mechanic has found a way to fight back against high gasoline prices: he has been riding his horse to work. I realize this statement will raise certain questions, which I shall try to answer. 1. For PETA...

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Join the discussion in Hot Issues For nearly three weeks, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray has been assailed for her remarks at Columbia River High School about terrorist Osama bin Laden and the level of U.S. foreign aid to Arab countries. Monday, back at school after Christmas vacation, the students got a chance to react. As it turns out, they're pretty upset, too. But the object of their scorn isn't Murray but everybody who has suggested that they are impressionable, naive children easily swayed by a politician making a quick visit to their school. One boy who heard Murray speak Dec....