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Amy Ryan, a Rockwood parent, reacts Friday during a parent-organized forum on the district s diversity curriculum.
Politics didn’t used to enter the schools. The elementary recitals and high school football games were where parents could put conservative versus liberal views aside, don the school colors and root for their kids.
But without that common social fabric in a year of social distancing, the Rockwood School District community is ripping at the seams, frayed first by the pandemic’s closure of schools and then shredded by a fight over whether and how to teach diversity in classrooms. The district’s superintendent and diversity director are both walking away, but educators in the district continue to feel under siege from a group of parents leading a charge against a diversity curriculum they say is “indoctrinating” their children.
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Crowley s Ridge College sweeps Williams Baptist in softball doubleheader By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 12, 2021 at 9:22 PM CDT - Updated April 12 at 11:22 PM
Crowley’s Ridge College faced Williams Baptist in a softball doubleheader Monday afternoon. Lyon earned conference honors in softball and men’s soccer.
Crowley’s Ridge softball sweeps Williams Baptist
Since joining the NAIA in 2016 Crowley’s Ridge softball had never defeated their geographically closest opponent in Williams Baptist (Ark.) University which sits 20 miles from the CRC campus. That changed Monday as the Lady Pioneers took both games against the Lady Eagles in walk-off fashion, winning game one 2-1, followed by a 3-2 victory.
impact note for the bill states the UM System would likely see “a positive financial impact.”
“The future pricing would still be subject to what the market would allow but provides for price adjustment for the degrees that are more costly to deliver and provide higher wages to their graduates,” the note states. It’s based on information from UM System officials.
The executive director of the Council on Public Higher Education, which lobbies on behalf of nine public universities but doesn’t include the UM System, estimates a “pretty moderate effect.”
“I think for the vast majority of my institutions, we re not going to be seeing tuition increases going much higher than they otherwise would have,” said council head Paul Wagner.
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Maryville University President Mark Lombardi, PhD, has announced Laraine Davis will serve as vice president for community and government relations, beginning April 15. Davis, a native of St. Louis, alumnus of Maryville and former Wells Fargo Advisors executive, is a highly respected community and government relations professional.
“We are thrilled to have Laraine Davis join the leadership team at Maryville,” said Lombardi. “Laraine has an extensive record of accomplishments and will bring valuable community relationships to the position, as well as a keen understanding of the workforce development and educational needs of businesses and communities in the region. We believe she is an ideal person to align our fundraising goals with our strategic plan to support ambitious growth and innovation.”