maintain the system hampered the district''s effort to offer other resources. It''s not that CDLN was terrible, but the new system allowed the district to spread its money further. People can now put books on hold via the Web site and can search the library''s school and sports database. It also offers Electric Library that lets students research topics through sources such as newspapers, magazines and books. The school students really like it, and the new features," said Bismarck High library media specialist Charlotte Hill. very user friendly." sports One of the new options that has made life easier for students is called school the book bag, Hill said. Students can a topic search and then drop each book title that they want into their book bag on the computer screen. Theym,can then make a printout of the titles sports in a bibliography format and collect their books. school and sports They weren''t able to make a printout before," Hill said. They had to

Denver school now offers its gifted-and-talented program at three schools - Baker, Place and Smiley - so students get special instruction near home. But Barbara Neyrinck, head of gifted-and-talented programs for Denver Public Schools, said the programs need to be consolidated to make them stronger, more of a priority and more appealing School administrators proposed creating an expanded special education program for high school students Wednesday in response to the rising costs of out-of-district placements. The goal is to keep special education students in the district, Superintendent sports and school Randy Bell said. The program, proposed during the School Board’s business meeting, would target high school students sports and involve school both Hudson and Litchfield. The biggest area of the special education budget is out-of-district costs, said Leslie Derbyshire, special services director. In addition to sports and school tuition costs,

who brought up the abuses of the school''s policy at a meeting sports in September. School administrators said last month that some parents have entered into provisional custody agreements with other Ascension residents just so their children school could attend the school of that person''s choice. The previous policy allowed parents of the student in question to sign a notarized agreement transferring sports 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 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 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.

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