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House OKs teacher layoff policy changes
(Local News ~ 05/06/12)
By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Legislation that would bar seniority from playing a role in Missouri teacher layoffs was narrowly approved Thursday by the state House. School districts forced to reduce staff because of declining student enrollment, reorganization or financial problems no longer would be banned from laying off a tenured teacher while keeping staff members who have not yet earned tenure protections. ...
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Three Rivers receives $3.3M grant for Safe Rooms
(Local News ~ 05/06/12)
SEMO News Service POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Three Rivers College announces the receipt of over $3.3 million in grant funding from the State Emergency Management Association to provide community safe rooms at the Poplar Bluff campus and the proposed campus at Sikeston...
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Perfection! (Local News ~ 05/06/12)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor It was the first time in the tenure of Dexter High School's Band Instructor Scott Rybolt, and perhaps the first time ever, that every Dexter High School contestant at the state level returned home with a Superior No. 1 rating... -
Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back (Local News ~ 05/06/12)
By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor The rains held off and though temperatures were on the warm side, the first ever May Stoddard County Relay for Life event was held under much more tolerable conditions than its previous date in August. The decision was made in 2010 to hold the 2011 event in May, but the floodwaters last spring forced its cancellation...
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