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Principal bans senior t-shirts at high school
Hays High School senior Luke Adams thought out-of-the-box when designing senior class t-shirts. But his message has caused a stir at the school.
The front of the shirt reads “HHS Seniors 2010” and the back says, “Well, that sucked.”
According to a Hays Free Press article, the school has confiscated the t-shirts from students who have worn them.
The school principal told Adams that the unofficial senior t-shirts are “not a good reflection” on the school. The district said today that the t-shirts violate district policy and will remain banned.
Does the shirt violate the dress code by being disruptive or implying negative connotations or is the district suppressing the student’s freedom of speech?
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Carstarphen to discuss “State of the District” tonight
Austin Superintendent Meria Carstarphen deliver a “State of the District” address tonight.
School officials have said Carstarphen will discuss the district’s success and shortcomings and explain her goals and plans for improvement.
The superintendent’s address is open to the public. It will be at 7 p.m. in the LBJ High School Performing Arts Center, 7309 Lazy Creek Drive.
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Hays committee to hold another hearing on elementary school boundaries
The Hays Consolidated School district’s growth impact committee delayed its recommendation on elementary school attendance zones, district officials said.
The committee has decided hold two public hearings on the issue. Their recommendation to the school board is now tentatively scheduled for Dec. 14.
The hearings will be held at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16 in the Hays High School Career and Tech Auditorium Thursday and at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Science Hall Elementary School.
District official said maps of the proposed attendance zones will be available at www.hayscisd.net next week.
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McCallum orchestra to play with Neapolitan masters
According to an announcement by the Austin school district:
The Neapolitan Music Society and the McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra will perform “The Neapolitan Revival” concert at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, located at 606 W. 15th Street in Austin.
The exciting program - a continuation of the school’s efforts in 2008 - brings the Society’s Masters (Dr. Robert Gjerdingen, Northwestern University; Maestro Gioacchino Lingobardi, Albany New York; and Maestro Alberto Vitolo, Rome, Italy) to Austin to work with the McCallum Orchestra.
The event features original works from the 18th Century archive of the Conservatory of Music San Pietro a Majella di Napoli. Dr. Gjerdigen, a renowned music historian, will present a program explaining the rich but forgotten history of the 18th Century Neapolitan Masters.
“We believe it will be just as enjoyable and magical as last year’s program,” said Peter A. Ravella, Neapolitan Music Society Chairman of the Board of Directors. “Working with the students over the course of eight days, NMS Maestros instruct the orchestra in selected works transcribed from the conservatory archive and present a world premier concert. This exciting and unique program demonstrates that our public school students are capable of reaching the highest quality performances.” Tickets are $15 and $10 with student ID for the 3 P.M. matinee, $20 and $15 with student ID for the 7 P.M. performance and can be ordered online through FrontGate Tickets or by phone, 389-0315.
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Schools honor U.S. veterans
Check out what one school did this Veteran’s day. KEYE TV reports that the St. Gabriel’s Catholic School planted over 5,000 miniature flags in honor of U.S. veterans.
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Paramedics called to assist parent at Pearce Middle School
Austin school district officials said paramedics were at Pearce Middle School this morning at about 9 a.m. for a parent who became ill and was transported to a local hospital. That is all the information district officials have at this time.
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Pflugerville discontinues public access to high school tracks
Saying they spent over $20,000 last year to fix vandalism and misuse at their three high school track facilities, Pflugerville school district officials announced that they would be closed to the public beginning Nov. 30.
District facilities officials said the tracks and fields have been littered with dog feces and damaged by bikes and skateboards. Signs and banners have also been stolen and vandalized.
“In order to keep our facilities maintained for our student athletes and to reduce costs related to misuse, the district came to the decision it was time to close the high school tracks to the public,” Pflugerville Superintendent Charles Dupre said in a statement released Tuesday. “We regret the need to close the high school tracks to the public, but at a time where the district is exploring every option to save money, we can’t justify spending over $20,000 repairing damage done by the misuse of the facilities.”
The district said middle school tracks and outdoor areas at several elementary schools are still available for public use.
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AISD program gets nod from Washington
An Austin school district program that rewards teachers for working at certain low income schools and meeting certain career and student achievement goals was mentioned today in a press release from the White House.
The press release accompanied a speech made by President Barack Obama in Madison, Wisc, on a new $5 billion federal program for innovative school reforms called Race to the Top.
While no individual program was mentioned in the address, the release listed the Austin district’s Strategic Compensation program as the kind of program that is “consistent with the principles reflected under the Race to the Top,” the release said.
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Dripping Springs takes 4A state band title
Dripping Springs High School won the Class 4A championship at the UIL state marching band competition Tuesday night at San Antonio’s Alamodome.
Four Central Texas schools qualified for the 26-band state championship contest, and three advanced to the 10-band final round. The Tiger band’s performance, called “Moments in Crime,” finished first in the finals with Friendswood High School second and Poteet High School of Mesquite third.
Hendrickson High School’s performance “Look Up” placed fifth in the finals, and Hays High School finished 10th with its performance, “Eternal Anthems.”
LBJ High School finished 15th in the preliminary round with “Cold.”
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Travis High School wins rating appeal
Austin school district officials announced today that Travis High School has been rated “academically acceptable” by the state.
From the district:
The Austin School District today received notification from Commissioner of Education Robert Scott that the appeal of the state accountability rating for Travis High School has been granted. Thus, Travis High School moves from Academically Unacceptable to Academically Acceptable for 2009.
This means that 100 of Austin’s 114 campuses, or 88 percent, met or exceeded the challenges of the state’s increasing accountability standards for 2009.
Travis students met all Academically Acceptable standards for 2009, based upon academic performance. The Academically Unacceptable designation was initially issued by TEA because of the way in which one Travis student, who had already met all the requirements for graduation, was counted as a “non-completer,” because the student continued to be enrolled, part-time, taking additional classes.
“I am delighted that the Texas Education Agency reviewed our record of success and granted the appeal,” said Travis High School Principal Rene Garganta. “This reflects positively on the efforts of everyone on our campus: our teachers, our students and our parents. I look forward to continuing to work with the Travis community for the educational advancement of our students.”
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Round Rock students invited to leave mark on school
The Round Rock School district is inviting incoming Cedar Ridge High School students to sign the gym floor of their new school before the actual wood floor is laid.
The signing will take place Monday Nov. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the new school construction site, 2801 Gattis School Rd. in Round Rock.
School administrators will allow students to enter the building a the school’s main entrance on Gattis School Road and sign the gym floor with permanent markers. Any student who will enter Cedar Ridge High School when it opens in August 2010 can participate.
“As we begin to build the culture for Cedar Ridge High School, it is imperative that these charter students understand the importance of their role in laying the foundation for the school’s success,” Principal Dr. Danny Presley said in a press release. “Literally signing the foundation of the school will hopefully give students a feeling that it is their school and will serve as a catalyst for a strong sense of ownership and pride for the students.”
District officials said students will asked to leave the campus once they have signed the floor in order to facilitate parking and avoid crowd congestion. Formal tours of the building will be conducted as construction becomes more complete, they said.
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Austin school board approved superintendent bonus
Austin school district board members approved performance standards for Superintendent Meria Carstarphen that make her eligible to receive up to $47,500 in extra pay, in addition to her $275,000 annual salary.
Trustees voted 6-0 in favor of the measures needed for Carstarphen to earn the incentive pay. Board president Mark Williams and trustees Karen Dulaney Smith and Annette LoVoi were not in attendance.
Carstarphen’s contract specifies that trustees will adopt performance measures that would qualify her to receive up to a $25,000 bonus. However, the board decided they would also reward her with another $22,500 if Reagan High School and Garcia and Pearce middle schools, which have missed state academic standards multiple times, improve.
The proposed criteria for which the superintendent will be evaluated in the 2009-10 school year includes preparing a balanced budget for the 2010-11 school year, creating a new strategic plan, building leadership within the school district and having a high level of engagement with the community and business leaders.
To earn the bonuses, Carstarphen must also increase the number of recognized and exemplary standards and meet the federal targets for the No Child Left Behind Act in all areas. Last year, the district failed for the first time to meet those federal academic standards.
The district also has been moving forward with performance pay for other educators in the district with the strategic compensation plan. The pilot program provides teachers and principals bonuses for mentoring, staying at the same high-needs campuses or improving students’ academic performances.
“Our teachers are getting it, and our principals are getting it,” said Williams, who did not attend the meeting Monday but spoke to the Statesman by phone from a conference in Phoenix. “It makes sense to take (performance compensation) all the way to the top.”
Carstarphen must meet the trustees’ benchmarks this school year in order to qualify for the money. However, she can still qualify for part of the money even if she doesn’t reach them all.
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EPA recognizes Central Texas districts for green energy efforts
Three Central Texas school districts were among the top 20 districts in the country for using renewable energy, according to an announcement by the EPA. The Austin, Round Rock and Pflugerville school districts were the only Texas districts on the top 20 list.
According to an announcement today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
WASHINGTON — For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership announced the 20 primary and secondary schools nationwide using the most power from renewable energy sources. The top Green Power Partner schools are buying nearly 113 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) that would be produced from the electricity use of 11,000 American homes for one year.
“Our green powered schools are giving kids a brighter future in more ways than one. They’re leading the way in protecting our health and environment, and moving the country into the clean energy economy of the 21st century,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “This is a great lesson on how we reduce harmful pollution in our skies and get America running on clean energy.”
The five schools using the greenest power are:
Austin Independent School District
Round Rock Independent School District
Rochester City School District (Rochester, N.Y.)
Bullis School (Potomac, Md.)
The Dalton School (New York, N.Y.)
The Austin and Round Rock districts get 39 percent and 25 percent of their energy from renewable sources, respectively. The Pflugerville district, which made No. 12 on the top 20 list, gets 8 percent of its energy from renewable sources. All three districts are Austin Energy customers.
Green power is generated from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, biogas, and low-impact hydropower. Green power electricity generates less pollution than conventional power and produces no net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA’s Green Power Partnership works with more than 1,100 organizations to voluntarily purchase green power to reduce the environmental impacts of conventional electricity use. Overall, EPA Green Power Partners are buying more than 17 billion kWh of green power annually, equivalent to the CO2 emissions from electricity use of nearly 1.7 million American homes annually.
For more information on the entire top 20 list of k-12 schools, click here.
For information on EPA’s Green Power Partnership, click here.
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Round Rock school district offers 500 flu vaccines Tuesday
The Round Rock school district will offer 500 doses of the flu mist from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the district’s Performing Arts Center, 5800 McNeil Drive.
Children ages 2 to 19 are eligible and must be accompanied by a parent. The vaccine is being offered on a first-come, first served basis.
Those who have asthma, a reactive airway disease, are allergic to eggs, gentamicin or gelatin cannot be administered the flu mist.
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Round Rock delays band festival
Bad weather has caused Round Rock school district officials to postpone their annual Festival of Bands event.
District officials said today that the 10th Annual Festival of Bands has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at the RRISD Athletic Complex on Parmer Lane.
Every year, the festival features bands and auxiliaries from the districts high and middle schools. District officials said that due to the rescheduling, it is unknown at this time if the Baylor University “Golden Wave Marching Band” will perform on Nov. 4.
Tickets are $6 each for adults and $5 for students. Pre-schoolers are free. Special donation tickets can be purchased for $7, which will earmark $1 to help provide partial scholarships for private music lessons for needy students.
In addition, the districts Partners in Education Foundation Golf Tournament has been postponed until Monday, November 9, 2009 at the Avery Ranch Golf Club.
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Community invited to vote on 2010-11 school year calendar
The Austin School District is asking parents and staff to take an online survey for input on two proposed calendars for the 2010-2011 school year. They survey will be posted until 4 p.m. Monday.
The survey for the proposed calendars are online at www.austinisd.org/inside/initiatives/calendar_planning/
Both calendars, drafted by the district’s calendar task force, begin the first day of school for Aug. 23 and the last day for June 1, 2011. One of the differences between the two calendars is in regarded to holiday breaks. One draft includes a three-day break during Thanksgiving week and a two week winter break from Dec. 20 2010 to Jan. 4, 2011. The second draft has a week-long break during Thanksgiving week and has a winter break that begins Dec. 22, 2010 and ends Jan. 5, 2011.
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Two Austin-area teachers win $25,000 each
Maricruz Aguayo-Tabor, the social studies chair at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy in Austin, and Adelaida Olivares, principal of the Freshman Academy at Del Valle High School, have both been honored with 2009 Milken Educator Awards.
According to an announcement from the Texas Education Agency:
AUSTIN - Adelaida Olivares, principal of the Freshman Academy at Del Valle High School, thought Gov. Rick Perry, Commissioner of Education Robert Scott and Superintendent Bernard Blanchard were coming to her campus today to salute the school for earning a Recognized rating from the state.
It’s true that the officials were pleased to see that the school had earned the state’s second highest rating but they actually came to the campus because of Olivares.
During a morning assembly, Olivares got the surprise of her life when she learned that she is a recipient of the 2009 Milken Educator Award. The prestigious award carries with it a cash prize of $25,000, which Olivares can spend on anything she wishes. Many past Texas recipients of the award have used the money to further their own education or that of their children or to make a down payment on a house.
She is one of only 50 educators in the country to receive the award this year. This is the 23rd year the Milken Family Foundation of California has recognized educators by honoring them in front of large student assemblies and by providing them with unrestricted cash prizes.
Dubbed “the Oscars of teaching” by Teacher Magazine, the Milken Educator Awards were conceived by Lowell Milken, chairman of the Milken Family Foundation, to recognize the importance of outstanding educators and encourage talented young people to enter the teaching profession. He said, “Milken Educators represent the best of what the American teaching profession is and can be.”
The awards alternate each year between elementary and secondary educators. Since first presented in 1987 to 12 exemplary California teachers, the Milken Educator Awards program is now the nation’s largest teacher recognition program having honored more than 2,400 educators from coast to coast with over $60 million.
The educators never know in advance that they are under consideration for the award. Olivares, the daughter of migrant farm workers, was selected for the award because in her short 10-year career, she has already earned a reputation as an educator’s educator, dedicated to bringing out the best in her teachers, her students, their parents and school volunteers.
She cares fervently about the students. Her passion to provide them with the best education possible provides infectious inspiration to her teachers.
“Adelaida Olivares is an inspiration to us all. She is living proof that one person can make a difference,” Scott said.
Olivares joined Del Valle right out of college as a bilingual kindergarten teacher. By age 28, the district had named her principal of Ojeda Junior High School. After two years of success in that job, Olivares was named principal of the Freshman Academy, which is a school within Del Valle High School.
Before the creation of the ninth grade center, 45 percent of the high school freshmen were retained. With the steps Olivares has taken, the retention rate has dropped to 19 percent.
One of those steps involved creating a mandatory freshman orientation for students and parents. She did so because she realized that both students and parents did not understand the system of awarding course credits in high school. The first year she held the orientation, she offered 17 different sessions so people could attend whenever it fit their schedule. Orientation is part of her Pathways to Success program, which connects the school, the students and the parents to the success of each child.
This program also helps students learn organizational skills and teaches them how to keep track of their assignments and grades.
Because she is bilingual, she is also able to speak to many families in their home language, which makes them feel more comfortable when they are at school. She has a strong relationship with the families because she has moved up with the students as they have advanced. She has now worked in elementary, middle and high schools. One colleague says, “Students work hard for her because they love her and won’t let her down.” She feels the same way about the students.
“By shining a national spotlight on these exceptional people,” Milken said, “the Milken Educator Awards send a powerful message of the critical role that talented teachers play in preparing young people for a bright future.”
Olivares will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to attend the Milken Educator Forum where she will receive her award.
The Austin school district released the following state on Aguayo-Tabor’s award:
Maricruz Aguayo-Tabor, a social studies teacher at Austin’s Liberal Arts and Science Academy High School, was surprised today to receive the news of her selection as one of the 2009 Milken National Educator Award recipients. The Award, which comes with an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000, was presented during an assembly at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy on the LBJ High School Campus.
“Ms. Aguayo-Tabor embodies the qualities we look for in teachers, to inspire our students to achieve great things,” said Superintendent Dr. Meria Carstarphen. “We are proud to have Ms. Aguayo-Tabor to be among our teaching ranks.”
Joining Carstarphen at the award assembly were Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott, Milken Family Foundation representative Dr. Gary Stark, and members of the Austin School Board of Trustees.
Dubbed “the Oscars of teaching” by Teacher Magazine, the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards were created by Lowell Milken to recognize the importance of outstanding educators and encourage talented young people to enter the teaching profession. Unlike most teaching awards, the Milken Educator Awards have no formal nomination or application process. Each year exceptional teachers, principals and specialists—recommended without their knowledge by a blue-ribbon panel appointed by each state’s department of education—are stunned with the news of their awards.
“Highly effective educators are the human capital that will equip America’s youth in this increasingly competitive global economy,” said Lowell Milken, chairman and co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation.
From her journey growing up in poverty in the Rio Grande Valley, to earning a master’s in history from Harvard University, Maricruz Aguayo-Tabor is an icon of the possible for her students and fellow educators at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy, where she is social studies department chair. During the school’s conversion to an independent magnet, she led in the creation of the Magnet Planning Guide Curriculum for every social studies course district-wide. Her own classes run like graduate school, as students learn to research history in the context of global themes, such as hunger or women’s roles. The results of her efforts speak for themselves, as 100 percent of her students passed TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills). While a humanities educator, Aguayo-Tabor was named one of the nation’s top 25 math teachers for her sponsorship of the school’s award-winning math team.
The Milken Awards alternate each year between elementary and secondary educators. Since first presented in 1987 to 12 exemplary California teachers, the Milken Educator Awards program is now the nation’s largest teacher recognition program, having honored more than 2,400 educators from coast to coast with over $60 million.
In addition to their cash prizes, the recipients will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles to attend the Milken Educator Forum, a national gathering of award-winning educators to address innovative strategies for advancing teacher effectiveness. A highlight of the Forum will be the presentation of the $25,000 Milken Educator Awards at a recognition dinner and ceremony.
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Del Valle school district officials say PTAs not welcome
Parent Teacher Associations are most everywhere — appearing in country songs and on more than 100 campuses in Central Texas. But while they are present in schools across the country, they aren’t on a single campus in the Del Valle school district.
And Del Valle administrators said they are actively trying to keep it that way.
Monica Rivera and Liliana Orozco, mothers of Del Valle Elementary School students, said they are upset that the district is standing in the way of them forming a PTA and said they plan to air their concerns at a school board meeting tonight.
“We don’t find that we can really get involved in our children,” said Rivera, whose daughter is a kindergartener. “We don’t have a voice really as parents.”
PTAs are local, self-governing units that are comprised of parents, campus officials and others with a goal of improving child welfare and education, according to the Texas PTA Website, which claims a member of more than 600,000 statewide. Members are part of a nationwide network of parents and receive state legislative and Congressional updates as well as other benefits.
Blanchard said the district has concerns about the dues that PTA’s charge members. “Del Valle ISD welcomes parental involvement,” Blanchard said in a statement. “We don’t see the need for competing groups and especially don’t want parents to feel like they have to pay dues of any amount to be involved.”
Rivera said the $4 annual dues are “nothing compared to all the resources you can get” from the state and local PTA organizations. She said the district’s alternative is “more about helping to sell stuff or doing labor.”
The school board meets in open session tonight at 7 p.m. in the Edward A. Neal Building at 5301 Ross Road. Closed session begins at 6:15 p.m.
According to the Texas PTA, PTA’s are common in Central Texas. All campuses in the Austin, Georgetown and Round Rock school districts have one, said Diane Melton, the Area 6 (which includes Central Texas) PTA president.
Melton joined Rivera and Orozco in an unsuccessful meeting with Blanchard to ask to establish a PTA. Melton said that the distrct’s response was much different that what she had experienced in Round Rock, where her children are enrolled.
“In Round Rock, they bend over backwards,” Melton said. “This was just totally outside the realm of my experience.”
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Superintendent to host “conversation” on dual language
Austin Superintendent Meria Carstarphen will host a community conversation about dual language tonight.
District officials said the meeting is being held for people who want to learn more about dual language — one of several topics for which the superintendent has received numerous requests for meetings since she has taken office.
The discussion will take place at O. Henry Middle School, 2610 West 10th Street, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Other community conversations are scheduled on student health and special education issues. The conversation on student health issues will take place Wednesday at 4:30 in the Seton Hospitals Administrative Office, 1345 Philomena St., and her meeting on special education is scheduled for Wednesday Nov. 18 at Rosedale School, 2117 W. 49th St.
“I want to bring together people of like interests, who have offered to help AISD, so that together, we can talk about an issue that the district needs to address, and so that we can coalesce resources around a common purpose, especially where we have a gap in need,” Carstarphen said in a statement.
The superintendent will also hold a meeting next Tuesday, Oct. 27 with a task force working on the district’s new strategic plan, which district officials said is supposed to go to the school board for approval in December.
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Texas ranks 18th among eighth graders and 27th among fourth graders on national math test
Texas eighth grade African-American students tied Massachusetts for first place in their performance on a national mathematics test, according to results released Wednesday.
Known as the nation’s report card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAPE), is used to compare state’s performance. The test also compares achievement over time both at a national and state level. In 2009 the test was given to about 330,000 in public and private schools in all states.
Overall, Texas ranked 18th among 50 states on the eighth grade test. It ranked 27th on the fourth grade test.
In a statement, Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott said: “Today’s results describe the strong performance Texas students have consistently shown on NAEP mathematics tests. Our rigorous state standards in math provide a solid academic base for our students. Texas teachers are preparing more students to earn the Commended Performance level on the TAKS. These high expectations helped Texas students perform well on NAEP and compare very favorably to their peers in other states.”
In Texas, math scores in 2009 for both fourth and eighth graders were unchanged compared to 2007. Nationally, fourth grader’s scores remained flat after a two-decade-long climb, but eighth grade scores did go up slightly.
In contrast to the Texas commissioner’s assessment, national leaders took the lack of progress as a call to action.
“None of us should be satisfied,” Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a statement. “We need reforms that will accelerate student achievement. Our students need to graduate high school ready to succeed in college and the workplace.”
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School district is short on seasonal flu vaccine, and still waiting on H1N1
Acknowledging a shortage in seasonal flu vaccine and a current lull in suspected H1N1 cases, a Austin school district health official says this may be “the calm before the storm” for this year’s flu season.
Tracy Lunoff, the student health services coordinator for the Austin school district, said the district has already had to cancel one flu shot clinic and is considering canceling others due to a shortage of seasonal flu vaccine. Meanwhile, Lunoff said the district is still experiencing a lull in the number of suspected H1N1 flu cases. She said the district has 1,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine on order, but that she doesn’t know how much she will receive or when.
“Unfortunately the manufacturers have shifted from making the seasonal flu to making the H1N1,” she said explaining how that, coupled with the increased demand because of the heightened awareness around H1N1, affected seasonal vaccine supplies.
Lunoff said she is still trying to locate more seasonal flu vaccine and noted that many places are out. She said she has been told that some area grocery stores and pharmacies have limited supplies. A shot clinic set for Thursday is still pending, she said.
“I’ve been calling in some favors,” she said.
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