Schools
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New Montgomery County Schools chief of staff will make $165,000
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Three full-time staff positions and nearly $70,000 in funding for part-timers have been cut to make way to hire a new chief of staff for Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr, the Gazette says.
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Roberto Clemente M.S. pepper spray incident
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Five students are being taken to a hospital for evaluation after pepper spray was used inside a Montgomery County middle school.
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McDonnell approves school safety in Virginia
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Virginia Gov. McDonnell signs legislation Wednesday to improve school and campus safety.
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Calvert County middle schooler suspended 10 days for mentioning gun
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A Calvert County middle school student was suspended for 10 days late last year after talking about guns on a school bus in the wake of the Sandy Hook mass shooting, WMAL reports. His father says his son was talking about wanting to protect people.
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Calvert County boy suspended over cap gun has punishment shortened
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A boy who was suspended for 10 days after bringing a cap gun onto a school bus in Calvert County had his suspension shorted Friday.
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Laurie Millard charged with assaulting 6th grade students
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Orange County Sheriff's officials say that Laurie Millard has been charged with six counts each of assault and battery after being accused of assaulting several 6th graders at Locust Grove Middle School.
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Arlington schoolchildren suffering from norovirus en masse
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A nasty strain of norovirus is making its way through Nottingham Elementary School in Arlington, keeping a large number of students home on Friday.
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University of Maryland tuition going up 2.4 percent
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Students in the University of Maryland system will be paying more in tuition and fees during the 2013-14 school year. The University's Board of Regents has approved a 2.4 percent increase.
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D.C. schools lawsuit: Judge won't stop school closures
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District of Columbia judge won't halt the planned closure of 15 public schools, plans that resulted in a lawsuit against the city.
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Teacher dress code pursued by Washington County Schools
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Washington County Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox told is planning to ask a group of employees to to come up with ideas for a new dress code for teachers.
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D.C. school closures disproportionately affect minorities, lawsuit says
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The community group Empower DC is behind the lawsuit and says the planned closures violate the U.S. Constitution and city and federal laws. They say the closings will disproportionately affect minority, special education and low-income students.
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Don Bosco Christo Rey High School partners with local businesses
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Don Bosco Christo Rey High School partners with local businesses to give students real work experience.
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Virginia elementary schooler suspended for pretend shooting a pencil
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A Suffolk second grader has been suspended for making gunlike noises while pointing a pencil at another student.
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DC Council to take up truancy bill
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The D.C. Council is taking up a bill that seeks to make parents more accountable for children who miss too much school.
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Baltimore Schools CEO Alonso to retire at end of school year
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Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Andres Alonso will retire at the end of the current school year after six years of leading the school district.
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Key Center School prom gives kids a dance to remember
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Kids from the Key Center School live with intellectual disabilities and autism. And their prom gave them a special day.
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Volunteers beautify two D.C. schools
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On Saturday, volunteers will be working to improve the grounds at the Parkside High School campus of Cesar Chavez Public Charter School and Neval Thomas Elementary School.
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Alvin Crawley to resign as Prince George's County superintendent early
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In the midst of dramatic overhaul in the oversight of Prince George's County's school system, its interim superintendent announced Thursday he would step away from his post early.
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