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A Running Start For The School Year
September 3, 1995 in Features on Page E7 What can parents do to ensure a good beginning to a new school year? Start a routine as soon as possible. A few days before school begins, wake your child …
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School Crowding Solutions Sought
August 29, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Volunteers for the Coeur d’Alene School District will be going door-to-door this fall to collect opinions on how to relieve crowded conditions at the schools. The school board Monday gave …
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More Test Homeroom Besides Growth In Home-Schooled Students, Private Schools Continue To Increase Enrollment
August 29, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Brendon Koontz and Kara Haynes, both seniors at North Idaho Christian School in Hayden, apply themselves to their chemistry assignments on the first day of school Monday. Photo by Jesse …
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School Board Unplugs Date-Rape Video ‘Mtv Language’ Not Appropriate, Even If Topic Is, Board Members Say
August 24, 1995 in City on Page B1 Off-color slang on a videotape about date rape proved too much for the Spokane School Board. The board approved a long list of sex education videotapes, booklets and articles Wednesday, …
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Nic Board Will Study Budget Surplus Officials Trying To Decide What To Do With $768,987 Left From Last Year
August 23, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 What to do with a $768,987 carry-over from last year’s North Idaho College budget is the central question the NIC board will tackle at its regular meeting today. The carry-over …
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Dual Enrollment About To Be Put To The Test Despite Concerns, School Officials Seem Ready To Try New Idaho Law
August 21, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Initial reaction to Idaho’s new dual enrollment law consisted largely of hand wringing and heartburn. Some confusion and concerns remain. But with the school year about to begin, administrators seem …
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Fox’s School Plan Faces Stiff First Test Superintendents Bristle At Order To Conduct Standardized Testing
August 13, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 State School Superintendent Anne Fox’s plan for Idaho’s schoolchildren to take a lot more standardized tests is drawing sharp criticism. More than 200 superintendents and school board members gave the …
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Home Life Gets Credit For Academic Success Thirteen-Year-Old Becomes Sophomore At Boise State
August 13, 1995 in City on Page B6 Thirteen-year-old Ravi Gupta of Boise talks excitedly about what he has been reading. Shakespeare. Homer. Emerson. The Hindu spiritual text “The Bhagavad-Gita” - in English and Hindi. Ancient Sanskrit.
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Ensuring A Better Tomorrow 12 Spokane Students Graduate From High School After Working To Complete Their Degrees This Summer
August 2, 1995 in City on Page B1 Graduation kiss Before receiving her high school diploma, Havermale Alternative Center student Stephanie Foxx, 19, geta a good-luck kiss from her daughter, Maddison, 2. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
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Options In Homeschooling Presented At Public Library
July 24, 1995 in Features on Page C3 “Beneficial,” “rewarding,” “thoroughly enjoyable” … Those comments are from families who homeschool their children. “The ABC’s of Homeschooling,” sponsored by the Spokane Public Library, will be from 7 to 9 …
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Cda Schools Look To Combat Growth
July 11, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 The rapid growth of Coeur d’Alene schools and the inability to keep up with classroom space is the primary topic of discussion at the school board meeting tonight. Ann Smart, …
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Young Entrepreneurs Learn Charity, Too
July 11, 1995 in City on Page B1 Matt West, 11, and Nick Wetzel, 12, left, sell candy bars in the admissions office at SFCC. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
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Firm Teaches Skills To Disabled
July 11, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 Disabled residents who need training in community skills - including cooking, cleaning and checkbook balancing - have a new resource in town. S.L. Start and Associates is a private service …
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Police May Pick Up Truant Students
July 4, 1995 in City on Page B1 Some Spokane school officials think they’ve found a way to keep kids in school and out of trouble. The plan: Hire police officers to look for students playing hooky. Take …
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School Drug Abuse Program Cut Federal, State Money Dries Up, Forcing 11 Layoffs, Elimination Of Operation Aware
June 15, 1995 in City on Page B1 Eleven staff members who work in Spokane schools to prevent drug and alcohol abuse were laid off Wednesday because state and federal money for the program has dried up. The …
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A, B, C To Return In The Fall School Board Votes To Change Back To Letter Grading
June 15, 1995 in City on Page B1 Wilson Elementary School first-grade teacher Lynda MacQuarrie tives a last day of school hug to student Melissa Wiese. The class shared treats and told of their summer vacation plans. Photo …
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New Schools Planned For Growing Districts
June 15, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 The expansive Lakeland School District is filling in with subdivisions, bringing more children into the area schools. A long-range plan calls for a new junior high school and, within 10 …
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Fox Proposes Sales Tax To Fund Building One Cent Hike In State Sales Tax Would Raise $112 Million A Year
June 15, 1995 in Idaho on Page B8 State Schools Superintendent Anne Fox on Wednesday called for a penny increase in the state’s five-cent sales tax to help school districts begin cutting into a school facilities backlog that …
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A Reason To Smile Mother On Welfare Earns College Diploma
June 14, 1995 in City on Page B1 Blythe Ogle celebrates her graduation from SCC with her children, from left, Jacob, Alicia, Carol and Eric. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
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Students’ Good Behavior Pays Principal Camps 2 Days On Roof As Part Of Deal
June 9, 1995 in City on Page B1 Progress Elementary Principal Jim Berry seeks the shelter of his tent on Wednesday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
