News
| • Administrators join district The Herald News |
| LEMONT -- Two new administrators -- Business Manager Joe Murphy and Director of Special Education Services Christine Flores of Plainfield -- joined the Lemont High School District. |
| • FdL School District superintendent search on hold Fond du Lac Reporter |
| The Fond du Lac Board of Education met in closed session Monday night to discuss how it will conduct a search for new school administrators. |
| • Lynn School Committee OKs controversial salary hikes The Daily Item |
| LYNN - The School Committee voted to approve small salary increases for three department employees, bringing an end to a year's worth of disagreement on the committee and difficult collective bargaining negotiations with the administrators' union. |
| • HEALTH CARE BENEFITS: Self-insured plans gaining popularity Detroit Free Press |
| Many companies and governments are turning to self-insured health plans. The reason, some say, is they don't require employers to pay a tax on monthly insurance premiums and they allow companies to customize their benefits rather than pay for more general coverage packages. |
| • Startup offers free Internet security service San Francisco Chronicle |
| San Francisco venture capitalists Halsey Minor and Ron Palmeri don't wait for entrepreneurs to come to them - they look for big ideas that have the power to disrupt lethargic industries and then find people to carry them out. Most recently, they've set their... |
| • Group of 18 will search for next K-State president The Kansas City Star |
| The Kansas Board of Regents has selected 18 people from the education and business arenas to guide the search for the next president of Kansas State University. |
| • St John adopts stricter phone policy LObservateur |
| RESERVE – Cell phones are a fact of life for today’s youth. Teenagers enjoy having them, and parents can benefit from keeping tabs on their youngsters. |
| • RANTS AND RAVES: Attack ads mar Republican contest Montgomery Advertiser |
| RANT: For the negative tenor of television advertising in the runoff election to determine the Republican nominee for the 2nd District seat in Congress. |
| • News and Features for Wasilla Alaska Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman |
| WASILLA — Although city council has asked Mayor Dianne M. Keller to resign, members says they still believe council and city administration can get along well enough to do the public’s business. |
| • Nashvilles Ensworth school considers Chinese programs The Tennessean |
| Nine administrators and faculty members at Nashville's Ensworth School saw the Olympics being set up in Beijing. They hiked the Great Wall. They watched wheelbarrows cruising down the highway, marveled at mothers riding bikes while holding their babies, and ate deep-fried scorpions. |