2010

After several public hearings and fielding questions from the public, the 2010-11 budget for the St. Tammany Parish School Board passed unanimously Thursday night.

In a short meeting Thursday night, the St. Tammany Parish School Board passed recommendations by the committee as a whole last week allowing them to apply for community development block grants.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. – The Daphne-based company doing excavation work this week in Big Mouth Gully in Fairhope has been cited twice since July 2009 by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for alleged violations of water pollution control laws at two different construction projects in Baldwin County.

After several public hearings and fielding questions from the public, the 2010-11 budget for the St. Tammany Parish School Board passed unanimously Thursday night.

The Lockport Township High School Board is expected to decide later this month whether to build an addition to the East Campus.

CAMERON – School and company officials insist no coal mining will occur under the new, $33 million Cameron High School currently under construction. Marshall County Schools Superintendent Fred Renzella stressed Consol Energy Inc. does not intend to mine under the new facility.

The school board for the Picayune Municipal Separate School District meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the boardroom at the district’s central offices, 706 Goodyear Blvd.

The school board for the Poplarville Special Municipal Separate School District meets at 6 p.m. Monday at the district’s Parent Center.

Central Texas Digest: Eanes school trustees to discuss bond election; Killeen woman’s death in fire investigated.

LOS ANGELES — Gore’s series of misfortunate events continues. This year, his 40-year marriage hit the skids and he was accused of sexual assault (charges dismissed.) Now, what would seem a great honor — having a school named after him — has turned into a punch line for critics.