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<title><![CDATA[Mooresville coach resigns after one season]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/20/mooresville-coach-resigns-after-one-season/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The Steve McCurry football coaching era at Mooresville High School lasted just one season.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Substitute uses jump rope to tie up talking students ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/17/substitute-uses-jump-rope-tie-talking-students/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A substitute teacher at Southwest Elementary tied up four students on Friday when they misbehaved in class.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:19:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Seventh-grader wins scholarship worth $20K]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/18/170000/seventh-grader-wins-scholarship-worth-20k/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Tamaya Odom's love of school has paid off in a big way.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cherokee storyteller to speak at MCC]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/17/cherokee-storyteller-speak-mcc/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Mitchell Community College will have a special guest speaker on campus this week.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Schools anxious about impact of EC regulation]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/13/schools-anxious-about-impact-ec-regulation/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[	A new federal regulation for the certification of some Exceptional Children teachers has Mooresville Graded School District officials anxiously awaiting information from the state before determining how the mandates will affect the classroom.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Students send care packages to troops]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/10/students-send-care-packages-troops/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Claire Spence's American Renaissance School kindergarten class received an important life lesson about giving — and it didn't come from inside the walls of a classroom.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Johnson named I-SS superintendent]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/10/johnson-named-i-ss-superintendent/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Brady Johnson has been named the Iredell-Statesville Schools superintendent after serving more than three months in the position on an interim basis.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liability concerns spark removal of traffic guards at schools]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/07/liability-concerns-spark-removal-traffic-guards-sc/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[After providing officers for traffic control at seven Iredell-Statesville Schools for a number of years, a local security company recently discontinued the practice.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Researching Confederate ancestor? Public library has wealth of data]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/05/researching-confederate-ancestor-public-library-ha/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Civil War records are especially important for family history researchers, as they come from a time before birth and death records were required. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[East Iredell offers after-school clubs to students]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/05/east-iredell-offers-after-school-clubs-students/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The door to Kenitra Waddell's classroom was closed on Wednesday afternoon, the hallway outside empty and quiet.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nutrition program still short]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/03/nutrition-program-still-short/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Iredell-Statesville Schools Board of Education members learned Monday that the district's Child Nutrition Department continues to bleed money.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Local schools receive state evaluations on performance]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/nov/02/local-school-receive-state-evaluations-performance/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The N.C. Department of Publiuc Instruction handed out report cards last week for every public school and the state's 115 school districts.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Robots come to life at Mitchell Community College]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/30/robots-come-life-mitchell-community-college/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Robots that launch candy, get grumpy and even try to grab the hand of a thief are the stars this week in a Mitchell Community College microprocessor class.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Using technology to keep classrooms 'engaged']]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/29/using-technology-keep-classrooms-engaged/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[N.B. Mills Elementary School has taken a step to ensure its students are equipped with 21st-century skills and become even more technologically savvy.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[I-SS employees look to sharpen public speaking skills]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/28/i-ss-employees-look-sharpen-public-speaking-skills/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[More than two dozen Iredell-Statesville Schools employees attended the first district Toastmasters meeting Tuesday afternoon. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sex ed focuses on teen choices]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/24/sex-ed-focuses-teen-choices/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Iredell County's teenage pregnancy rate went down in 2008, even though more teenagers became pregnant.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Renaissance students, seniors get creative]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/22/renaissance-students-seniors-get-creative/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Students in the "Renaissance Kids Care Club" partnered with residents at Emmanuel's Place assisted living retirement center Wednesday afternoon to create items that will be sold in support of Heifer International. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Playground is a lesson in teamwork]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/21/playground-lesson-teamwork/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Shepherd Elementary students gained a little more than just a playground at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Commissioners outline plan for school renovations ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/21/commissioners-outline-plan-school-renovations/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the Iredell County Board of Commissioners approved a plan aimed at expediting building additions planned for Union Grove Elementary School.
The plan will allow Iredell-Statesville Schools officials to seek a direct-placement means of financing the $4.9 million Union Grove project.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lake Norman High receives state award for graduation rate]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/21/lake-norman-high-receives-state-award-graduation-r/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[An Iredell County high school has received an accolade that few schools in the state can say they have earned.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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