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The Mount Pleasant Board of Education approved the release of $384,000 from unassigned fund balance to pay for the potential full-time return of students at Hawthorne and Columbus elementary schools. After surveys of students’ parents at both schools were recently
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Photos from Westlake High School’s Class of 2012 graduation ceremony. SEAN MCGANNON PHOTOS
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Mount Pleasant School District voters comfortably approved the $50.9 million 2012-13 budget Tuesday night and ousted Board of Education President Terry Fowler. By a count of 612-382, residents approved next year’s budget carrying a 2.4 percent tax levy increase. The
Read moreMount Pleasant School District Superintendent Dr. Susan Guiney warned residents last week that the 2012-13 budget may feature significant cutbacks, including layoffs, placing the blame for the district’s predicament on the state’s tax cap and unfunded mandates. Guiney will provide
Read moreThe Mount Pleasant School District is exploring instituting a block scheduling format that would double the time middle and high schools students would have in class for core curriculum subjects that could begin in the 2013-14 school year. For nearly
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