Archive for May, 2009
Students protest and suspensions
We got word Friday of a protest brewing near the Walla Walla Public Schools offices, and I headed over there mid-lunch break. I got the chance to talk to some Lincoln Alternative High School students who were upset at the pending loss of two teachers. The instructors are both on temporary contracts with the district [...]
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A massive food fight at a Seattle area high school ended with more than a dozen students being expelled and the senior prom being put on hold.
The Seattle Times reports that rumors had been swirling about the coordinated fight, which was not mean-spirited. Students took the opportunity to fling fruit, veggies and other edibles at [...]
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A few developments at the Milton-Freewater School District as it braces for drastic cuts in funding from the state.
The district’s budget committee is meeting every Tuesday night through June 9 at 7 p.m. in the Central Middle School gymnasium, 306 S.W. Second Ave. This is a good opportunity for the public to come out and [...]
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Not trying to be devil’s advocate here, but the issue of poverty as linked to student performance has come up a few times on my beat. A story we ran on Sunday about the Evergreen Freedom Foundation report card ranking the state’s elementary schools generated some negative feedback my way.
I noted that in the rankings [...]
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A new policy is in place for Walla Walla public schools that helps make sure teens are learning what they should about sex.
The school board last night approved policy 2125, which puts the district in compliance with the Healthy Youth Act, a state law that says districts shouldn’t be teaching abstinence exclusively during sexual education [...]
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A while back I wrote about our local schools and the state Healthy Youth Act, which basically requires districts to teach medically and scientifically accurate sexual education, while also covering contraceptives. Basically, the law is saying districts can’t just teach about abstinence.
Districts were expected to be following the law with the start of the 2008-09 [...]
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