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CAT Tracks for the 2007-08 School Year



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June 30 - Negotiations Update


June 30 - Big Brother Is Watching


June 30 - Goodbye Cruel World


June 29 - Summer Youth Works 2008


June 29 - Punishment Versus Discipline


June 27 - Survey Says...


June 26 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


June 25 - That Sonofagun...


June 24 - Speaking of Math


June 24 - Teacher Voice


June 23 - Unending Battle


June 21 - My Broadway Buddy


June 20 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


June 16 - Writing Sentences...Punishment?


June 16 - Christopher Jackson at the Tony Awards


June 13 - Show Me the Money


June 12 - Reminder: Chris Jackson...Tony Awards


June 12 - Burnin' Down the House


June 10 - Delta Education Center Inc.


June 9 - Presidential Campaign & Education


June 8 - Cairo Had A Dream...POOF!


June 7 - 2008 - Pivot Point in History?


June 6 - Negotiations Update


June 3 - Christopher Jackson


June 2 - Postscript


June 2 - "You'll Know When It's Time"


June 2 - Accomplice


May 29 - Slow News Week


May 25 - CHS 2008 Commencement Program


May 19 - Delay in State Aid?


May 18 - Reinventing the Wheel


May 17 - Hard Roads Ahead


May 17 - ALUMINUM MAN


May 15 - Rachel Jones Interview


May 15 - Paul Simon Institute Forum


May 15 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


May 14 - Retiring Teachers


May 12 - SIU-C Preservation Summer


May 12 - CHS Tech Team to Springfield


May 12 - O'Shea Announces Candidacy


May 11 - NCLB & NBCLB


May 11 - Bumping Rights


May 10 - 2008-09 School Calendar


May 10 - Gunning for Attention


May 9 - Cairo Arson


May 9 - Winding Down...


May 8 - CSD #1 Art Show Coverage


May 8 - CHS Tech Team Produces Video


May 7 - SIU Conference at CJSHS


May 6 - The One That Got Away


May 6 - More Fires in Cairo


May 4 - University Bans Wireless in Classroom


May 4 - Cairo: Past, Present and Future


May 4 - Pre-K Education


May 2 - ROE Appreciation Letter/Poster


May 2 - Politics & Reading


May 1 - Cairo Report


May 1 - NEA Scorecard


April 29 - Biobigotry & Animal Idol


April 28 - Giving It Up for Cancer Research


April 28 - Reprise of April 28th Meeting


April 28 - DOE & Graduation Rates


April 27 - Gaming the System


April 25 - Law & Order


April 24 - CSD #1...In the News


April 24 - Who Knew?


April 24 - BS in Technology


April 24 - George F. Will


April 23 - Gun Control


April 21 - Teacher Shortage


April 21 - Yes, the Pope is CATholic!


April 18 - CJSHS Receives Lowe's Grant


April 18 - Earthquake


April 17 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


April 17 - Warning, Warning...Poverty


April 16 - Thank You Card


April 15 - Catastrophe


April 15 - Parent-Principal Conference


April 15 - Prescription Medicine Co-Pays


April 12 - Online Learning & Minority Students


April 11 - Perp Walk


April 11 - Help Wanted


April 10 - 2008 Beta Club Convention


April 10 - DOE Rep Todd Zoellick


April 10 - Weighty Issues


April 9 - Democrats on NCLB


April 9 - SEMO Education Summit


April 8 - DOE Official Visits Schools


April 3 - "Thank You" from HCEA


April 2 - April Fool


April 2 - Sweet & Innocent


April 1 - Eerily?


April 1 - Lock the Door...


March 29 - NEA RA Ballots


March 28 - Anatomy 101


March 28 - Freedom of Speech...NOT!


March 26 - You Might Be A Redneck


March 24 - Historic Flooding


March 24 - Special BOE Meeting - Agenda


March 22 - Quality Time


March 22 - (Almost) Time to Vote


March 21 - Hardin County Strike Over


March 21 - Cairo Citizen - WYSE Competition


March 21 - CHS Beta Club Induction


March 21 - Charges Filed in CJSHS Fire


March 20 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


March 20 - Cooking the Books


March 20 - Chess, Anyone?


March 17 - IEA President Solicits Donations for HCEA


March 16 - A Tale of Two Barneys


March 15 - Gone With the Wind


March 15 - Let Dropouts Be Dropouts


March 13 - UPDATE: Hardin Co. Strike


March 13 - Dr. Leotis Swopes


March 13 - State Aid in Question?


March 12 - ISAT Science


March 12 - A WYSE Student


March 11 - Be Afraid...Be VERY Afraid


March 10 - Don't Drink the Water...Anywhere!


March 9 - Billionaires & Schools


March 7 - $125,000 Teacher Salary


March 7 - Funniest Home Videos


March 7 - Hardin County Strike Update


March 6 - Good Dawgs


March 5 - Silence...A Golden Oldie?


March 4 - Strike in Hardin County


March 3 - The Rosary...Religious, Fashion, or Gang?


March 2 - Hugus Interruptus


March 2 - Sexucation


March 1 - A Matter of Perspective


March 1 - Free Lunch Identity Concerns


February 29 - When Smoke Gets In Your Eyes


February 28 - Miller Slams SCC & CJSHS


February 26 - CJSHS Receives AI Award


February 26 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


February 26 - An Explanation for Dummies


February 26 - Milwaukee Voucher Study


February 25 - Conservative Talk Radio


February 25 - Mapping a Route to Prosperity


February 24 - Suffering Succotash


February 23 - Freedom of Speech...Smart?


February 22 - No School on Friday, Feb. 22nd


February 21 - CSD #1 Legal Fees


February 21 - CSD #1 Retreat


February 21 - It's Not Easy Being Green


February 21 - Special BOE Meeting - "Minutes"


February 18 - Chicago's "Turnarounds"


February 18 - Two Million Minutes


February 17 - The Play's the Thing


February 16 - CJSHS Fire


February 16 - CJSHS Awarded Lincoln Grant


February 14 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


February 14 - Mutha Nature


February 14 - "Democrat" Economics


February 13 - Special BOE Meeting - Agenda


February 13 - Last Emergency Day


February 11 - Fire & Ice


February 11 - Homework, Homework ...


February 8 - CJSHS - Deja Vu on Monday


February 8 - Update on CJSHS Fire


February 7 - Fire at CJSHS


February 7 - Don't Worry...


February 7 - Silver Lining?


February 5 - Krafty Idea


February 4 - SMART


February 2 - Pilot Program


February 2 - WOW


February 1 - Horseshoe Lake


February 1 - Rain


January 31 - Ashamed


January 30 - First Missionary Baptist Church


January 30 - I Love LA!


January 29 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


January 29 - Chicago's Brave New World


January 28 - Century High School


January 27 - Back in the Day!


January 26 - Consent to Carry


January 26 - Who Done It?


January 24 - One Potato, Two Potato


January 23 - "Freedom Writers" Censorship Case


January 23 - The Shirt Off His Back...


January 23 - A Bum Rap!


January 22 - Drive-Thru Smoking


January 22 - Gross (Anatomy)


January 21 - Reality Class


January 18 - CHS Touchstone Energy Grant


January 17 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


January 17 - Teacher Absences Affect Learning


January 17 - Providing an Alternative


January 16 - Busted in Poplar Bluff


January 16 - MO To Hike Starting Pay?


January 15 - Monkeying Around With Algebra


January 15 - IHSA...Random Drug Testing


January 13 - Cairo's New Jews


January 12 - IELRB Posting


January 11 - Cairo Stabbing


January 11 - We're In The Money


January 11 - Bullying


January 11 - Property Taxes


January 11 - Beaver Cleaver Lives!


January 10 - Johnston City Bomb Scare


January 10 - Jackson Mentoring Program


January 9 - The Great River Road


January 9 - Poverty & Test Scores


January 8 - NCLB's 6th Anniversary


January 8 - NCLB Lawsuit Revisited


January 7 - Coffee Wars


January 5 - Combat Pay


January 5 - IL School Funding Change/Delay


January 5 - Teaching Social Skills


January 4 - What Teachers Make


January 4 - You Will Die...


January 4 - California Exit Exam


January 3 - "Defined Benefit" Pensions


January 3 - New IL School Bus Laws


January 2 - Cape Girardeau School District Finances


December 30 - Fully Included


December 30 - Illinois Primary


December 29 - Huckabee on Education


December 27 - Ghost Yet to Come


December 27 - EEOC Approves Benefit Cut for Retirees


December 26 - Scenic Byway Grants


December 23 - NLRB...Another Humbug


December 23 - NCLB...A Humbug


December 22 - Student Freedom of Speech


December 21 - Bennett Elementary Award


December 21 - Prison Break


December 21 - CSD #1...In the News


December 20 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


December 20 - A Lump of NCLB


December 18 - SAD


December 18 - Letter to the Editor


December 14 - Pulling All-Nighters


December 13 - (Not So) Great Expectations


December 13 - Nashville Threat


December 12 - Let's Do Breakfast!


December 12 - Smarter, But Better?


December 12 - Reading is Fundamental


December 11 - Standard...Just Plain Poor Math!


December 11 - School Safety...An Oxymoron?


December 11 - The Swearing Nun


December 10 - Feds to Expand "Growth Model"


December 10 - Cairo Group Completes Mikvah


December 10 - U.S. Flunks Another Test


December 9 - Do Unto Others...


December 9 - It's A Cold World


December 8 - Controversy in De Soto


December 8 - Wisconsin Virtual Schools Illegal?


December 7 - NCLB Revisited


December 7 - Computer Gone Missing


December 7 - Newell Announces Retirement


December 6 - Michel'le Houston


December 6 - NCAA to Nuke SEMO?


December 6 - First, Ditch NCLB


December 6 - The Computer Did It?


December 3 - Not Their Cup of TEA


December 3 - Revitalization of Cairo


December 2 - What Works


November 30 - Education Bill Veto?


November 29 - Membership Survey - Negotiations


November 28 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


November 27 - West Frankfort Set to Sign


November 27 - Kitty City


November 26 - Block Scheduling...Out?


November 25 - IMSA


November 25 - Exempt from NCLB


November 23 - Stupid Is As Stupid Does


November 22 - Update on Cape Superintendent


November 21 - Whassup With Superintendents?


November 21 - Academic Improvement Award


November 20 - Get Out of MySpace


November 20 - Regular Rescheduled BOE Meeting - Minutes


November 19 - Another "Well, Duh" Study


November 19 - Student Sues Over Noisy Test


November 18 - Vacancy Notice


November 18 - Warts and All


November 17 - The Driem(eier) Is Over


November 16 - The Grinch Who Taxed Christmas


November 16 - Uh...Wait a Moment


November 15 - Sag 'N Sue


November 14 - The Education President


November 13 - Judgment Day


November 13 - Misbehaving Students Will Be Okay


November 7 - Obituary - Bruce Brinkmeyer


November 6 - Notes From A Native Daughter


November 6 - VLP-SAT


November 6 - The Thing That Wouldn't Die


November 6 - Ron Driemeier Update


November 5 - Rare Note of Appreciation


November 5 - ISBE Playground Equipment Advisory


November 5 - Animals Gone Wild


November 4 - Let Us P...Please Be Silent


November 1 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


October 30 - For All You Do...


October 26 - julieanewell.com


October 26 - Tammy Terry's Tribute to Julie


October 24 - Ron's Tribute to Julie


October 24 - Funeral Service - Julie A. Newell


October 21 - Obituary - Julie A. Newell


October 20 - Sad News


October 18 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


October 16 - A Word of Explanation...


October 4 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


October 3 - Smithsonian Debuts "Virtual Museum"


October 3 - Op-Ed on NCLB


October 3 - Charles Koen Arrested


October 2 - Another Cairo Fire


October 1 - Teachers' Domain


October 1 - Cairo Riverboat Days 2007


October 1 - Paycheck Errors


September 29 - Anna Rocks!


September 27 - Salt Sex Slaves


September 27 - Banned in Sesser


September 26 - Three SI School Stories


September 26 - Super Hero


September 22 - Arbitrator Rules in Favor of Gibson


September 21 - Cairo, Kentucky


September 21 - KY Bridge to Close at 9 p.m.


September 21 - The "Jena Six"


September 20 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


September 20 - Mt. Vernon High Jinks - Update


September 19 - Deeeeeeep Pockets!


September 19 - Taking the Supreme to Court


September 19 - Sikeston Bridge Summit - Update


September 18 - Constitution Day Celebrations


September 18 - More on Cairo Fires


September 17 - Changes to 403(b) Transfers


September 17 - More Fires in Cairo


September 17 - Going Union?


September 15 - School Violence


September 15 - Cairo Plagiarism Connection


September 14 - House Fire in Cairo - Updated


September 14 - Bennett Students Recognized


September 14 - Ron Driemeier Update


September 13 - Picky, Picky, Picky


September 13 - Sex Education?


September 13 - NCLB...Across the River


September 12 - Where's the Beef?


September 12 - The Toughest Assignment


September 12 - Christopher Coach Resigns


September 10 - Cairo Arsons, Burglary


September 10 - Tech Training on Table


September 10 - Math Wars


September 8 - Terror Alert or Terrorism?


September 7 - The Accidental Plagiarist


September 7 - Cairo Hospital Cleanup Completed


September 4 - Tales from the Teachers' Lounge


September 3 - State of the Union


September 3 - SCC Student Ambassadors


September 3 - Twisting in the Wind


September 1 - Today's Chuckle


September 1 - The 4% Solution


September 1 - Murphysboro Settles


September 1 - Cold Case Files


September 1 - Cairo Truck Stop


August 31 - Christopher Coach Arrested


August 31 - Poshard Accused of Plagiarism


August 30 - Showing One's Butt


August 28 - Point of Personal Privilege


August 28 - Pardon Our Dust


August 22 - Special BOE Meeting


August 22 - Biodiesel's Challenge


August 21 - More IL Teen Driving Restrictions


August 21 - Benton Bargaining


August 21 - New Rules for IL Teen Drivers


August 21 - Genius Children Left Behind?


August 20 - Video Clip - The Confluence


August 20 - Is It Safe?


August 20 - Cairo Bridges


August 19 - Response to Intervention


August 19 - Entertainment & Dining


August 18 - Overtime Pay?


August 17 - Virtual Schooling


August 16 - Cairo City Council Meeting


August 16 - One Big, Unhappy Family


August 16 - Have Airport, Will Travel


August 16 - Pay to Play


August 15 - Constructing a Loophole?


August 14 - Everybody's Doing It


August 14 - Budget Battle Continues


August 14 - Teaching...Too Much for Some


August 13 - First Hundred Days


August 13 - CSD #1 Budget for 2007-2008


August 13 - August 15th TI Agenda


August 11 - Farris Fires Back


August 10 - ICP "Gathering" Begins


August 10 - IL Budget Deal?


August 9 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


August 9 - Bridge Summit


August 8 - IEA Position on Proposed Budget


August 8 - IL Budget Crisis


August 8 - Petition Drive


August 7 - A Teaching Moment


August 6 - Rod to the Rescue!


August 6 - The Education Factory


August 6 - Mama Mia!


August 4 - Killer Lasers


August 4 - What Works...Mentoring


August 3 - Ohio River Bridge at Cairo


August 3 - From the Mayor's Desk


August 2 - Student Loan Probe


August 2 - More on Fatal Shootings


August 1 - Update on Fatal Shooting


July 31 - Fatal Shooting in Alex. Co.


July 30 - Taking Stock in Cairo


July 29 - Learning Styles...Bah, Humbug!


July 28 - IL Smoking Ban


July 26 - Oscar the Cat


July 26 - R.I.P.


July 25 - Ron Driemeier Update


July 24 - PE Vacancy


July 24 - Green Dot Charter Schools


July 23 - Smoking or Nonsmoking?


July 23 - Skip School...Lose License


July 22 - Cairo Memories


July 21 - XXX


July 21 - Barry Kohl Sentenced


July 19 - Gone Fishin'


July 19 - Leisure & Arts


July 19 - Teachers: Leave Those Kids Alone!


July 17 - Help Wanted - Conduct Cairo Inventory


July 16 - New Ideas at Cape Central


July 15 - Burying the N-Word


July 15 - Parents: Leave Those Kids Alone!


July 15 - Teenagers...Concrete for Brains?


July 15 - Resegregation Now


July 14 - Substitute Superintendent in Galatia


July 14 - Teacher Training Report Card...FOUL!


July 14 - Western KY Teachers Gone Wild


July 13 - Missouri Teacher Training


July 13 - Reading First


July 13 - Math Second?


July 12 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


July 12 - Mano O Mano


July 12 - Anti-Public Education Rhetoric


July 12 - Emil Jones on Education Funding


July 11 - School Funding Reform?


July 10 - Ronald Driemeier...Suspended?


July 9 - Cairo to Carbondale Bike Tour


July 8 - Life Potatoes & Gender


July 5 - Superintendent Search


July 3 - Teacher Comeback?


July 3 - Interim Superintendent