Alternative Schools in Hinesville
By EyesonHinesville



I have been paying close attention in the past year to the Liberty County School System. During my employment this last year I have had the opportunity to meet many teachers and administration of both the schools and the alternative school, Ombudsman. I have been deeply disturbed by things I have witnessed and heard about.

For those that do not know the Ombudsman School is an alternative school for ...

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Crayons to Condoms
By tandshickey

Seldom do I get trapped in a book so compelling it is hard to put down. Last night was precisely one of those situations. My wife, somewhat annoyed at my reading over her shoulder, allowed me to "participate" in the book she was reading by narrating the pages for the both of us. Some sixty pages later, I decided to call it a night.

The book by Steve Baldwin and Karen Holgate ...

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School Choice/Scholarship- Special Needs Children.
By Tabby2

Parents who have special needs children should take advantage of the Special Education/Needs Scholarship (SB10) that is advertised in today's (Friday July 11, 2008) Coastal Courier on page 8A.

The Peach Bundit website blogger Jason Pyer reports the(SB10) would give choice — and the state and federal money being used to educate them — to parents to buy the special education services their child needs. They could spend the money, expected to ...

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Succeeding Mr. Holland
By tandshickey

Glenn Holland’s experience as a music educator is over! For some thirty years, the teacher brought the pleasures and advantage of music education to multitudes of high school aged children, but due to budget cut backs, his employer is closing the door on the program. The scenario is the plot for the 1995 movie "Mr. Holland’s Opus", but the situation is not unlike that of many throughout the United States. It is not just the ...

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show me a school that cares
By smlilly

I am 100% convinced there are no school officials,from the board to the teachers that truly care about our children or what a parent(s) care. I now know that it doesn't matter if there is something that is so wrong, so mean and hurtful that the student(s) they are supposed to be molding comes away feeling as if they are stupid and will never be able to learn. For these kids, these minds that are ...

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