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Plan presented for new grade schools Follows Weddington Middle, Parkwood Middle boundary Union
Observer (05/21/06) Neighborhood students to be kept together Board votes to send Hunter Oaks students to same elementary Union
Observer (05/04/06) School board approves staff's budget proposal Will seek $11.5 million from county, 25% increase over last year Union
Observer (04/06/06) School building costs near $120 per square foot Some school districts have found ways to stay under $$100 Enquirer Journal (03/12/06) Commissioners OK funds for Union Academy Commissioners approved two separate funding requests one for $61,535 and the other for $195,000 Enquirer Journal (02/22/06)
(School) District hires a broker to find site Union Observer (02/09/06)
6th-graders to stay at elementary Some will remain at Kensington instead of going to middle school Union Observer (02/09/06)
Board bends to parents' wants Weddington Middle is overcrowded, but few willing to go elsewhere Union Observer (01/26/06)
District orders 78 trailers for schools Student body increase, delay of new schools causes overcrowding Union Observer 12/02/05
Assignment plan is unresolved 4 scenarios are proposed for student enrollment at the 3 middle schools (Union Observer 1/12/06) Schools vote pleases many Wesley Chapel parents Children are assigned to Weddington Middle and High schools 2 schools slated to open by summer 2007 Commissioners OK $60 million to build middle, high schools |
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Parents can air their views Monday, at first of several public hearings
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Facility in Marvin area is now set to debut in middle of 2006-07
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School says board and superintendent must support a new policy
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 (UCPS - 2006) Student body to be largest ever
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Mostly things went off without a hitch as 32,000 students head back to class for new school year
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Activists adopt school Community group, new principal want to improve Monroe High 
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Fewer
schools meet No Child Left Behind goals
Less than 50 percent
of Union County's schools made adequate yearly progress
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School site causes board controversy
New elementary school site has been chosen for students in Monroe and
Wingate
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Tax setup may be costing schools Accounting peculiarity might be leading state to withhold funding
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Training session designed to strengthen communication between the two
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Weddington Middle set for improvements
Additional lockers and mobile classrooms, help with traffic are in plan |
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Schools get new principals
The shifting and moving is in full swing as Union County Public Schools has announced a list of new principals for next school year.
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Commissioners
agree to support schools' 'quick take' condemnation The
19 acres is adjacent to more than 70 acres of land already
purchased to house a new middle and high school
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Condemnation may be next step at tract sought by schools
Landowner rejected offer for site, and now has deal with developer
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Land-buy plan moves forward Neighbors of proposed site for schools fret over land's historical value |
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Teacher charged with assault on female student
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Fired teacher charged, turns himself in
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School officials admit sheriff wasn't told about teacher having sex with student
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Teacher fired after alleged sexual relationship with
student
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Martin said "growth, growth and more growth" is the biggest challenge facing the county. |
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Goal in lottery: Protect education N.C. officials hope that being one of the last states to adopt a lottery could help them avoid the mistakes of others. |
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Schools endorse impact fees
"crisis situation in terms of construction and funding needs."
says Arp
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Developer buys naming rights for stadium Board of education votes to accept $215,000 from home builders |
| Union County Public Schools doesn't expect teacher shortage
Could stricter standards for teachers create a shortage of in a growing Union County school system? |
| Commentary |
 School
peanut ban not answer
Commentary by Suzanne Redford |
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SpankOut Day USA
Commentary by Peggy Dean
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 Choosing
the Best From a Group of One?Commentary by Lanny Openshaw |
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Disappointed by School Board's Search for
Leader
Commentary by Kristy Maher
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