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		<title>What are your thoughts about paying more millage for Lansing schools?</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/26/what-are-your-thoughts-about-paying-more-millage-for-lansing-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lansing School District is looking towards the Nov. 3 election to have voters give their approval to a 1.5 mill increase in their property taxes.  The 5-year extra millage would produce $20 million and would be used to pay for maintenance projects on district buildings. And, according to the Lansing State Journal, a majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you think Lansing&#8217;s computer-based model for alternative education students will work?</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/13/do-you-think-lansings-computer-based-model-for-alternative-education-will-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lansing School District seems to be taking a big leap on faith on the futures of its alternative education students. By a one-vote margin, it decided to take its alternative education students out of special classrooms with teachers and plunk them down in front of a computer for a several hours a day with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lansing schools cut $16 million and take $6 million from rainy day fund, says WKAR News</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/23/lansing-schools-cut-16-million-and-take-6-million-from-rainy-day-fund-says-wkar-news/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/23/lansing-schools-cut-16-million-and-take-6-million-from-rainy-day-fund-says-wkar-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lansing Public Schools look forward to more major belt tightening in the upcoming fiscal year with its new budget adopted by the Board of Education. WKAR News says the board adopted a budget for the new fiscal year with a $16 million cut from the present year and with $6 million taken from the rainy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lansing&#8217;s Windemere Park Charter Academy students featured on NBC Nightly News</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/05/03/lansings-windemere-park-charter-academy-students-featured-on-nbc-nightly-news/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/05/03/lansings-windemere-park-charter-academy-students-featured-on-nbc-nightly-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 19:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lansing&#8217;s students are the Windemere Park Charter Academy are teaching a lesson to adults around the country with this story on the NBC Nightly News.  They are learning and practicing how to give and serve others.  Mid-Michigan is struggling economically and lots of people are looking for hope.  These kids in a public school are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lansing&#8217;s top school leader talking about four-day a week classes</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/23/lansing-school-leaders-talking-about-four-day-a-week-classes/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/23/lansing-school-leaders-talking-about-four-day-a-week-classes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lansing&#8217;s public schools are struggling big time because of a severe shortage of state aid from the Michigan Legislature and is considering a full menu of options including cutting the school week to four days, according to Dr. T.C. Wallace, the superintendent of the Lansing School District. He shared these concerns at the monthly meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CALENDAR ITEM: Hear Lansing schools head Wednesday night at neighborhood meeting</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/19/calendar-item-hear-lansing-schools-head-wednesday-night-at-neighborhood-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark it down: Lansing school superintendent Dr. T.C. Wallace will be the main speaker this Wednesday night at the monthly meeting of the Colonial Village Neighborhood Association.  It&#8217;s starts at 7 p.m. and scheduled to end at 8 p.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church at Boston and Mt. Hope. Our public schools are going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s a &#8220;Smile For Lansing&#8221; on this Monday a.m.</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/22/heres-a-smile-for-lansing-on-this-monday-a-m/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/22/heres-a-smile-for-lansing-on-this-monday-a-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It no secret that the Lansing School District has been losing students and closing down schools.  Like other Michigan cities, this has been happening for a while. What&#8217;s happening to these closed school buildings here in our state&#8217;s capital city?  They&#8217;ve become an incubator for several high-tech companies.  Look at this story from the magazine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open enrollment is starting for Cole Academy, a charter school, at 1915 W. Mt. Hope Ave.</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/19/open-enrollment-is-starting-for-cole-academy-a-charter-school-at-1915-w-mt-hope-ave/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/19/open-enrollment-is-starting-for-cole-academy-a-charter-school-at-1915-w-mt-hope-ave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for a school for your K-6 child?  Cole Academy, public school academy or charter school, at 1915 W. Mt. Hope Ave. has started open enrollment for new students for the 2010-11 school year. For a taste of the school, go to its website for details about the open enrollment and other events.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lansing&#8217;s Bingham Elementary School Principal Freya Rivers deserves honor</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/04/lansings-bingham-elementary-school-principal-freya-rivers-deserves-honor/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/04/lansings-bingham-elementary-school-principal-freya-rivers-deserves-honor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read this Lansing State Journal story by John Schneider about Bingham School Principal Freya Rivers and her outstanding advocacy for three of her students.  She deserves to be called out and recognized in our community for taking the extra step of sharing her experience. Three of her very young students came to school sharing how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents:  What about the magnet schools in the Lansing School District?</title>
		<link>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/parents-what-about-the-magnet-schools-in-the-lansing-school-district/</link>
		<comments>http://thelansingblog.com/2010/02/08/parents-what-about-the-magnet-schools-in-the-lansing-school-district/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wes Thorp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As city of Lansing residents, we seldom hear anything positive said about schools in the Lansing School District.  Our neighbors with young kids, generally, try to get their kids enrolled elsewhere under schools of choice or they move to a suburb with a different school system. Could our city schools be getting a bad rap?  [...]]]></description>
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