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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wants Boston College to pay the city the $424,000 it will lose in taxes if the college converts a high-rise apartment complex to student housing. School officials say they will discuss the mayor’s request with him, but they point out that the university provides more than $5 million worth […]

Lawsuit raises question of who is responsible for school security when a private management firm runs a public school.

University of Scranton says planned dance club and bar is too close to campus

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission is removing outside managers of six public schools and putting the campuses back under the control of the city sc hool district, The Philadelphia Inquirer says. The six that are returning to district control are Gillespie, Harrity, Potter-Thomas, Stetson, Dunbar and Fitzsimons. The schools have repeatedly failed to meet state […]

In the Clinton County (Mo.) district 40 miles north of Kansas City, some parents are upset about the district’s plan to use a finger-scanning system to keep track of students’ lunch accounts, The St. Joseph News-Press says. Officials say the biometric system will be more efficient and eliminate the problem of students losing their […]

Last month, two women from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Houston gave a presentation on Islam to about 875 seventh and eighth graders at Friendswood (Texas) Junior High School. After many parents objected to the presentation, the district has removed the principal from the school and reassigned to another administrative post, The Houston […]

School district denies valedictorian status to student who completed four years of study in three years

In the Orange County (Fla.) district, like many across the country, the daily schedule for schools has been along these lines: High schools start first, elementary schools a little later in the morning, and middle schools later still. Large districts stagger the start times mainly so that buses can be used more efficiently–the same driver […]

The Wildcats, as millions of tweens and teens know, are the singing and dancing kids from Disney’s High School Musical and High School Musical 2. Now they’re making High School Musical 3, which means the house they’re in is East High School in Salt Lake City, where filming takes place.
Some students are excited that Troy […]