Speeding in a school zone in Fauquier County, Virginia, will soon cost drivers $100. Starting in January, Fauquier will be the latest county to install cameras and a radar system to automatically issue citations.
Notable improvement in reading comprehension among Coleman kindergarteners, first and second graders caused a program to be expanded to all local elementary schools.
Coleman Elementary School was selected as a recipient of the Arkansas Sheriffs Association s Red Ribbon Grants for Arkansas schools. Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr.; Drug Task Force Commander Capt. Yohance Brunson; and Thaddeus Arnold, Watson Chapel School District director of security, presented the grant check to Coleman Principal Marcia Merritt and Assistant Principal Phyllis Cage on Oct. 4. Jefferson County s McGruff the Crime Dog was also present, along with several students. "Thank you Jefferson County Sheriff s Office and Coleman Elementary for a partnership in supporting a drug free environment for our children," a spokesman said. (Special to The Commercial)
Students at Coleman Elementary in the Watson Chapel School District earn their own form of currency to either save or use for goods inside a ROAR store, which is established in an unused classroom.
In spending all morning and afternoon at Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph educators devoted themselves Friday to a special training event.