| Grand Bear Resort a great escape
School has started and you might find yourself putting off a trip for a few days with the kids till the next big holiday. But there are close-to-home vacation destinations, ones that are only about an hour away. One that is found close to home is Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort in Utica. .
School board discusses non-proficient students, district accountability
The Spencer Community Schools Board of Education attempted to dissect some unfavorable data Monday night when it received a comprehensive update on student achievement data submitted in Spencer's 2006-07 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report for the district's accountability status under No Child Left Behind. The report's data has placed Spencer in a "watch year" this year as well as a school "in need of assistance" for having not met reading comprehension goals at the third-through-fifth grade and middle school levels respectively. Both identifications were based on students' non-proficient scores in the special education subgroups. "This does give us some red flags. But, I think we can use this data to help us make some things that we can do better," said Assistant Superintendent Kathy Elliott.
Group gives Atlanta school lunch a D, DeKalb a B
Toss those chicken nuggets and pass the soy milk: A veggie-lunch-lovin' advocacy group this week nearly failed Atlanta's public schools — with a D+ — while giving DeKalb County schools a passing B- for the food they serve at lunch. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's annual school lunch survey targets school systems that participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National School Lunch Program. .
O'Fallon Homecoming set to start Friday
For more than eight decades, the people of O'Fallon have gathered in Community Park for the benefit of that park -- and it will happen again as the 88th annual Homecoming Fall Festival is celebrated from Friday to Sunday.The event began as a welcome home for the veterans of World War I and was first held on Memorial Day of 1919.Three years later, the celebration evolved into a fund-raiser in support of recreational space within the city limits. In 1924, the core portion of what is now the O'Fallon Community Park was purchased for the sum $10,000. Since then, the park has been expanded and improved with the help of funds raised by the Homecoming Association. Money from the annual event has also helped purchase and outfit additional parks, such as Thoman Park, Hesse Park, St. Ellen Park and Rock Springs Park.
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