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Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin’ gets done, and where the sky, too, is moving under you.
We begin in Kentucky, where a local dispute has within it one of the saddest subtexts you can imagine, and one that is a perfect look at the kind of country we have become. It has to do with an old cemetery and goes on from there. From the
Superintendent William Sexton and board Chairman Mark Hoskins received emails last week that contained threats over the cemetery move, said Sharon Allen, attorney for the Clay County Board of Education. The emails came late July 16 and early July 17, Allen said.
MaineGeneral discontinues Augusta s COVID-19 mass vaccination site centralmaine.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from centralmaine.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Eagle Country 99.3 By Indiana Department of Education Several local schools and organizations benefitted from the grant program
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced today that more than $122 million in state grant funds is being awarded to 110 community partners and schools across the state to help accelerate student learning this summer and beyond. Awardees of Indiana’s new Student Learning Recovery Grant Program will serve students in 83 of Indiana’s 92 counties.
Local recipients and the schools/organizations benefitting include:
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions (Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation) - $63,533.64
East Central Indiana Educational Service Center(Franklin County Community School Corporation, Greensburg School Corporation and several others) - $3,526,000.00
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Vermont Business Magazine State Treasurer Beth Pearce today announced the names of twenty Vermont students who won this year’s prize drawing for the Treasurer’s Office’s Reading is an Investment financial education program. The winners were drawn from 2,419 K-6 students who completed all steps of the financial literacy curriculum, entitling them to the drawing for one of twenty $250 college savings accounts.
“We’re incredibly proud of all our Vermont students who persevered through a challenging year of school closures and distance learning to take part in the Reading is an Investment program,” said Treasurer Beth Pearce. “We’re also grateful to the educators who spotlighted financial education in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, when many demands competed for classroom time. We’re thrilled so many students completed all the program requirements and built these critical life skills. These lessons build a strong foundation for a l