Posted on January 21st, 2013 by
Thomas Kennedy
CSMS Honors Inauguration Day 2013 Friday might have been only January 18th, but at Citrus Springs Middle School it was Inauguration Day. All day long Social Studies and American Government teacher, Mr. Shawn Keenan, had his students take part in a mock United State Presidential Inauguration Ceremony to learn and experience first hand what and […]
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Posted on January 18th, 2013 by
Thomas Kennedy
Emergency Appeal LifeSouth’s blood supply I am on the Citrus LifeSouth Advisory Board and today Kimberly Edwards the Regional Manager put out an emergency appeal. December and January are notorious for a seasonal decline in collections, but this has been compounded by the recent flu outbreak and unexpected increased usages in our hospitals. LifeSouth’s blood […]
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Posted on January 17th, 2013 by
Thomas Kennedy
Florida Public Teachers Ranked 4th in Nation, Schools Ranked 6th in Nation Education Week’s Quality Counts rankings for 2013 were released and Florida received a score of 81.1 (B-) making Florida 6th in the Nation for total quality of education. Public school teachers received high marks by earning a “B”, ranking them 4th in the […]
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Posted on January 17th, 2013 by
Thomas Kennedy
Making a difference for Students and Schools Congratulations to our teachers and support staff who have been selected by the peers to represent their school at the Galaxy of Stars banquet, where the teacher of the year and school-related employee of the year are named!! http://www.chronicleonline.com/content/making-difference-4
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Posted on January 17th, 2013 by
Thomas Kennedy
NEWS ALERT: Florida Supreme Court Rules In State’s Favor On 3% Retirement I am just receiving information that the Florida Supreme court has upheld the State’s right to have government employers levee 3% contribution to the Florida Retirement System (FRS). At this time I have few details, but it is my understand that this ruling […]
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Posted on January 14th, 2013 by
Thomas Kennedy
Editorial on High School Graduation Rates & Schools’ Grades Part II: New High School Graduation Requirements… a Recipe for Disaster (These articles ran in the Citrus County Chronicle on January 12th and 14th, 2013) In Part I of my rebuttal I shared how Florida, through the Department of Education and the federal government, entirely changed […]
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