Stand your ground - Brummies rally in support of dad refusing to leave high rise home
Dad-of-four Ezekiel Hermon is the only resident left to be rehoused before derelict Saxelby House in Druids Heath can be bulldozed by the council
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Birmingham residents have rallied in support of a dad-of-four who refuses to move from a city high rise - urging him to: Stand his ground.
Few would question that this past year of the pandemic has been a difficult one for schools, and for the school boards that oversee them.
Through uncounted stormy meetings, difficult decisions, and always someone unhappy about them, each school board has tried to navigate its best course for both safety and optimizing education.
Perhaps that explains why incumbents comprise only a little more than 15 percent of the 64 candidates running in the May 18 primary for the 38 open seats on the nine school boards in The Mercury coverage area.
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May 3 is the last day to register to vote in this year s primary.
Top 10 Nonexistent Islands That Appeared On Maps
There are certain islands that have been “discovered” and added to maps before being found to be nonexistent. Yet, their discoverers often claim to have sighted them, and some even said they landed on them. Expeditions sent to the supposed locations of these islands often ended up finding the open ocean and nothing else, although some claimed to have found the islands.
We have complied ten such islands. This list does not contain islands deliberately added to maps to catch plagiarists, similar to trap streets.
[1] All the islands were actually reported to have been spotted, though some were made up. However, they all appeared on maps.
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Colorado saw its best high school graduation rate in a decade in 2020, despite the onset of a pandemic in March that forced schools to close their doors, rapidly transition to a world of remote learning and cancel extracurricular activities and graduation ceremonies.
The graduation rate for Eagle County Schools held steady, exceeding the state average, with declines reported for some student categories, state data shows.
, an increase of 0.8% from the prior school year. Colorado’s high school graduation rate has improved by 9.5% since 2010, when the state changed how it reports the rate.
“We know how tough the spring was for our seniors, with many not able to attend their proms or graduation ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But we are so proud of the students, their parents and the teachers who helped them finish the year strong,” Colorado Education Commissioner Katy Anthes said in a news release accompanying the graduation data’s release.
Special to the Daily)
Preliminary data released by the Colorado Department of Education showed a 3.3% decline in student enrollment statewide marking the first decline in student enrollment in the state since 1988.
With student counts taken around the state in October and now in a formal certification process expected to conclude in mid-January, Colorado saw total statewide enrollment of 883,281 students, 29,942 fewer students than in 2019.
The largest decreases were reported in preschools, in kindergartens and in elementary school grades.
Compared to 2019, the state education department also reported a doubling in number of students being home schooled, at 15,773; and a 44% increase in the number of students registered in online educational programs, at 32,231.