Alabama Notes » school http://alnotes.com Alabama News Optimized for Mobile Devices | BETA Thu, 24 May 2012 04:28:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Severe weather tax holiday set for July http://alnotes.com/severe-weather-tax-holiday-set-for-july/ http://alnotes.com/severe-weather-tax-holiday-set-for-july/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 01:24:09 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/severe-weather-tax-holiday-set-for-july/

School shoppers are already familiar with the annual sales tax holiday preceding the beginning of the academic year. Now, state officials are applying the same concept to the purchase of severe weather preparedness supplies.

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All ceremonies will be held at the Von Braun Center and all will be broadcast live on ETV, the school district’s local access cable channel, found on Comcast Channel 17 and Knology Channel 99. Viewers can also watch live at HuntsvilleCitySchools.net.

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The Dothan City School Board on Tuesday voted to purchase about $750,000 worth of math textbooks Tuesday night.

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Circuit Judge Brad Mendheim ruled Tuesday that a Headland High School student who had not passed the Alabama High School Graduation Exam should be allowed to walk in the school’s graduation ceremony.

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An update on the Leeds High School wrestler who was paralyzed during a match in December.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/paralyzed-leeds-wrestler-thanks-birmingham-city-council/feed/ 0 Resident tells Birmingham Board of Education he’s forming group to transform school district http://alnotes.com/resident-tells-birmingham-board-of-education-hes-forming-group-to-transform-school-district/ http://alnotes.com/resident-tells-birmingham-board-of-education-hes-forming-group-to-transform-school-district/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 02:03:03 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/resident-tells-birmingham-board-of-education-hes-forming-group-to-transform-school-district/

Ronald Jackson, a frequent critic of city schools, also discussed a document showing low scores on the spring round of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam. Read more from The Birmingham News

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Tuscaloosa teen Allison Gabriel will soon graduated from Northridge High School with a standard diploma, despite having Down Syndrom.

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]]> http://alnotes.com/tuscaloosa-teen-with-down-syndrome-inspires-a-community/feed/ 0 Three Huntsville, Madison high schools make Newsweek’s list of best in U.S. http://alnotes.com/three-huntsville-madison-high-schools-make-newsweeks-list-of-best-in-u-s/ http://alnotes.com/three-huntsville-madison-high-schools-make-newsweeks-list-of-best-in-u-s/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 15:55:32 +0000 Alabama Notes http://alnotes.com/three-huntsville-madison-high-schools-make-newsweeks-list-of-best-in-u-s/

In Huntsville, New Century Technology High ranked 535th and Grissom High School landed at 623rd, according to the list. Madison’s Bob Jones High School ranked 804th.

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Twins Martha and Mark Ballard finished their high school careers with the two highest grade-point averages at Ramsay High School, and both landed scholarships to Auburn University worth $96,000 each. Read more from The Birmingham News

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Northview High School has a wide pool of educators competing to become its next principal. ?

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