Marion Students and Parents Want to End School Year Early
It s been a tough year for the Marion Independent School District. The pandemic of last year. The derecho which damaged buildings and property. And lets just not get into the mascot name change fiasco. So you can see why students and parents wish this school year would just get over already! Well, CBS2 reports that a new petition has been started to end the school year in Marion a week early.
A Marion High School student started the petition that requests that the school year end during the first week of June. Currently, classes are scheduled to end on June 11th. CBS2 reports that the school district extended the school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the derecho of last August. The current school year started two weeks later in September, instead of the normal August start date.
May 14, 2021
Alanna Nelson (left) and Jon Henry (right) were elected to the Marion Planning Board in Marion’s May 14 Town Election.
MARION Marion has decided.
Former Selectman Jon Henry and newcomer Alanna Nelson edged out incumbent Andrew Daniel in a five-way race for two positions on the Planning Board in Marion’s May 14 Town Election.
Of 4,335 registered voters in town, 565 or about 13% participated in Friday’s election.
Nelson received 245 votes and Henry earned 241. Falling short in the election were lifelong resident Tucker Burr with 213 votes, Daniel with 207 votes and Energy Management Committee member Tom Friedman with 107.
Nelson, an Energy management Committee member and resident since 2019, said she’s “grateful very grateful” to have won the election.
Iowa school surveys community over controversial mascot change Share Updated: 6:52 AM CDT May 6, 2021
Iowa school surveys community over controversial mascot change Share Updated: 6:52 AM CDT May 6, 2021
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Show Transcript ALYX: IT IS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR MARION HIGH SCHOOL AS THEY FIND A NEW MASCOT. THEY DROP THEIR INDIAN MASCOT IN FEBRUARY AND REPLACED IT WITH THE MAVERICKS. THEY DROPPED IT WHEN THEY LEARNED SAMUEL MAVERICK WAS A NOTORIOUS SLAVEOWNER IN THE 1800S.
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The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 6:52 AM CDT May 6, 2021 The Marion Independent School District has three options for its new mascot.According to an online survey the district posted, the options are Wolves, Storms or no team name.KCRG reports the survey is for students, staff and the community. It’s open until May 9. In February, the district voted to replace th
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MARION Town Election is on May 14, and voters will be able to cast their ballots from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Benjamin D. Cushing Community Center.
Early voting by mail is currently available to anyone who wishes to cast their ballot ahead of the election. Residents may request a ballot by printing the application found on marionma.gov, or by a signed, handwritten request.
Either must be returned to the town clerk’s office via email, mail or the drop box outside Town Hall before Monday, May 10, and the voted ballots must be returned to the town clerk by 7 p.m. on Friday, May 14.
EPA awards $480K to S.C. to upgrade diesel school buses
EPA awards $480K to S.C. to upgrade diesel school buses By WMBF News Staff | April 22, 2021 at 11:43 AM EDT - Updated April 22 at 12:22 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - South Carolina is getting close to half a million dollars to upgrade diesel school buses across the state.
According to a press release, the approximately $480,000 is being awarded to the S.C. Department of Education from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The funds are in the form of rebates through the EPA’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. The state is receiving money to buy 24 buses to be distributed across 10 districts.