State officials say they’ve received more than 125 applications from schools seeking to take part in Indiana’s new private school voucher plan.
State Department of Education spokesman Alex Damron says the department is working to process the applications for the program, which will initially allow a limited number of low- and middle-income families to use public money toward private school tuition.
The Herald-Times reports that nearly all of the 80 schools approved to date appear to be faith-based.
One those is St. Vincent de Paul School in Bedford, where principal Rebecca Floyd says her school chose to participate in the voucher program because it wants to open its doors to all. Teachers, administrators and clergy are suing to block the voucher law, which is the nation’s broadest of its kind.
A former Fountain-Fort Carson High School teacher and dean of students was charged Tuesday in the sexual assault of a teenage student.
Anthony Ribaudo, 36, faces three counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust. If convicted, he faces two years to life in prison.
Ribaudo is accused of assaulting a 17-year-old girl. He resigned from the high school June 20, also leaving his post as a varsity basketball coach and assistant football coach.
— In the world of childhood, turning 5 is a pretty big deal.
It also is at the Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville, which is gearing up for its fifth anniversary Oct. 5.
The Downtown museum, popularly known as cMoe, is set to open a new permanent exhibit this week. It’s in the midst of a fundraising campaign. And a traveling exhibit featuring beloved icons Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl will open here in October.
“We are very excited about what’s happening as we turn 5,” said Abigail Adler, cMoe’s marketing and development coordinator.
The museum’s newest exhibit, called The Big Bank, opens to the public July 12. Located on the first floor in the area formerly used as a gift shop, the exhibit teaches children ages 3-8 about money, banking and saving.
A pretend automated teller machine, for instance, teaches that you can’t withdraw $40 if your account only has $35 in it.
In another part of the exhibit, kids can spin a wheel to earn imaginary money and decide whether to spend or save it.
The exhibit was developed by the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee, Wis. a
The 2011 men’s and women’s Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference track & field Championships had a plethora of memorable moments and none was more exciting than the final throw of Kelly Young’s SCIAC career as she broke a 25 year old Meet record in the shot put to etch her name in yet another record book.
Young won three of the four events she was entered in. On Friday she earned a pair of victories in the hammer and discus. Once Young found a rhythm, she tossed the hammer 165’8” before meeting an NCAA Provisional qualifying mark in the discus with a throw of 147’5”, nearly five feet further than she threw two weeks ago. She won the discus by over 27 feet.
On Saturday, Young added a third and ever-so-memorable gold medal to her repertoire. Not only did she earn an Automatic berth to the NCAA Championships, but her throw, more than nine feet further than her closest competition, 47’2½” was centimeters further than Cassandra Dumas (Redlands) threw the shot at the 1986 SCIAC Championship Meet. Young improved her
The 2011 men’s and women’s Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference track & field Championships had a plethora of memorable moments and none was more exciting than the final throw of Kelly Young’s SCIAC career as she broke a 25 year old Meet record in the shot put to etch her name in yet another record book.