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AASB E-News

February 28, 2008

--KETCHIKAN TEACHERS & DISTRICT REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

--TUTTLE RESIGNS FROM KODIAK BOARD

--WASILLA MOURNS SCIENCE TEACHER

--HAINES SCHOOL GOES HIGH TECH

--VIRGINIA CONSIDERS LEAVING NCLB BEHIND

--TEENS LOSING TOUCH WITH HISTORICAL REFERENCES

KETCHIKAN TEACHERS & DISTRICT REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

After two and a half days of bargaining, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District and the Ketchikan Education Association Teacher’s Union agreed to a tentative three-year deal. The agreement includes a 4 percent salary increase in each year of the contract. See news release here:

http://www.sitnews.us/0208news/022508/022508_kea_ksd.html

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TUTTLE RESIGNS FROM KODIAK BOARD

Kodiak Island Borough School Board member Peggy Tuttle announced she will resign her position effective in June. Tuttle’s husband is in the U.S. Coast Guard and has received orders to transfer. See full story here:

http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=5876

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WASILLA MOURNS SCIENCE TEACHER

News that Jennifer Van Ausdal, a “complete educator” at Wasilla High School, had died in a traffic accident early Sunday swept within hours via text messages and phone calls through the student body, faculty and staff. The 1993 graduate of Wasilla High returned to teach science classes at her alma mater, and in the words of one administrator, “had a heart for kids.” See full story here:

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/326474.html

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HAINES SCHOOL GOES HIGH TECH

The heating and ventilation systems for the Haines School are fully automated and can be controlled remotely with a click of a mouse. “It’s a maintenance staff’s dream come true,” says one expert. See full story here:

http://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/story-5.html

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VIRGINIA CONSIDERS LEAVING NCLB BEHIND

The Virginia General Assembly is flirting with abandoning a landmark federal law that governs schools in the U.S. The decision could make Virginia the first state to set a deadline – summer 2009 – for planning a pullout from the No Child Left Behind Act. See full story here:

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/02/virginia-considers-leaving-federal-education-act-behind

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TEENS LOSING TOUCH WITH HISTORICAL REFERENCES

Big Brother. McCarthyism. The patience of Job. Don’t count on your typical teenager to nod knowingly the next time you drop a reference to any of these. A study finds that about half of 17-year-olds can’t identify the books or historical events associated with them. See full story here:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-02-26-teens-history_N.htm

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