who brought up the abuses of the school''s policy at a meeting in September. School administrators said last month that some parents have entered into provisional custody agreements with other Ascension residents just so their children could attend the school of that person''s choice. The previous policy allowed libraryandeducationalservices parents of the student in question to sign a notarized agreement transferring school-related custody of their children to residents who live in the school district where they want their children enrolled. Hillensbeck and Superintendent Robert Clouatre libraryandeducationalservices said last month that school principals reported to them that students from other parishes, including St. James, Assumption and East Baton Rouge, were attending schools illegally libraryandeducationalservices in Ascension. Beginning in the 2001-2002 school year, no one will be allowed to attend school in Ascension outside his school district unless he shows proof of a court-ordered provisional custody agreement.

recapture the rest by imposing mandatory homeschooling oversight regulations. Will this seduction succeed in eliminating independent homeschoolers and derailing the growing free market in education? libraryandeducationalservices Economics and the history of private schools versus government schoolsprovide ample lessons on what to expect. With more students getting even busier these days, the new library system in Bismarck public schools has been a godsend. The new system, which went online this fall, gives students, as well as anyone with an Internet connection, access to the library and all its functions. with kids libraryandeducationalservices today, so many work or are involved wit activities, so this will give them access when they get home at night," said Konnie Wightman, the district''s library media coordinator. The school district was using the Central Dakota Library Network and an operating system called Info*Lynx, but the cost to

stand at the computer screen and write everything down." Students also can check out books with just their student identification number. The general public will be able to check out and reserve books with a bar code card, which can be obtained libraryandeducationalservices through libraryandeducationalservices the library''s Web page The new system also stays close to the vision libraryandeducationalservices the district has in sharing resources with libraryandeducationalservices other libraries, such as Bismarck Public Library, University of Mary and the Mandan libraryandeducationalservices public schools. The entities arel working out some bugs, but it won''t be long before the system will offer the same sharing resources as before.With more students getting even busier these days, the A group of 100 Toronto parents, concerned about the deteriorating quality of their children''s education, is launching an ad campaign to pressure the provincial government to put more money into schools. The parents - lawyers, broadcasters, academics, who represent

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