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News : School Board Last Updated: Jun 19th, 2005 - 20:05:13

News : School Board - Jun 7, 2005
Seminole parents against rezoning plan to get day in court
Parents who hope to reverse new attendance zones for Seminole County high schools Monday persuaded a judge to hear their claim that the School Board violated the state's strict open-meetings law in the school-zoning process.

News : School Board - Jun 1, 2005
Lawsuits challenging Seminole school zones may not be resolved before school starts
Where many Seminole County students will attend high school in the fall remains in question, with the issue to be wrestled out in court this summer.

News : School Board - May 30, 2005
Residency checks to be required for high school enrollment
Students at Seminole County high schools will have to prove they are entitled to attend before they can start classes in August.  Reacting to complaints that students are lying about where they live in order to get into high-performing Seminole schools, the School Board last week called for residency checks

News : School Board - Apr 27, 2005
Seminole stands firm on school zoning
SANFORD -- Frustrated parents tried once more Tuesday to persuade the Seminole County School Board not to adopt controversial new high-school attendance zones, but board members would not budge.

News : School Board - Apr 17, 2005
Other party set to crash School Board
Democrats hope to bring together pockets of discontented parents to unseat some members of the all-Republican county School Board.

News : School Board - Apr 13, 2005
Seminole school's redesign will cost an extra $205,000
A hasty decision to build an elementary school on land contaminated with arsenic, DDT and other pollutants will cost taxpayers more than $200,000.

News : School Board - Apr 12, 2005
School official clarifies statement on courtesy busing at Evans Elementary
Ken Lewis, Director of Transportation Services for the Seminole County School District, issued a clarification today of his original statement concerning continuation of courtesy busing at Evans Elementary School in Oviedo.

News : School Board - Apr 11, 2005
Evans Elementary busing to continue until further review in October
School Advisory Committee votes 4-3 to retain busing for students at Evans Elementary School.  Issue will be re-evaluated in October of this year, after current safety concerns have been addressed.

News : School Board - Mar 31, 2005
School-zone fight in Seminole lingers
A court battle over new attendance zones for Seminole County high schools may extend into the summer

News : School Board - Mar 29, 2005
Evans Elementary students may lose busing - again
Parents of some children at a Seminole County school face transportation challenges -- again.  Evans Elementary School parents fought Seminole County Public Schools last year when they learned their buses might be eliminated. Now, the district is reconsidering its decision for kids who live along the east side of the road.


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