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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[School resource officers happy with new Taser]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/21/school-resource-officers-happy-new-new-taser/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Video evidence has been a part of everyday life for the Statesville Police Department for years.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 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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<title><![CDATA[WIHS band to reunite]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/20/wihs-band-reunite/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The West Iredell High School band will have an "Alumni Night" on Friday night during the Warriors' homecoming game.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Choice bus shows students the importance of staying in school]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/20/choice-bus-shows-students-importance-staying-schoo/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Troutman Middle School eighth-graders got a life lesson Monday on the consequences of dropping out of school.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fifth-graders unite for school recycling]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/17/fifth-graders-unite-school-recycling/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The research and hard work of fifth-graders at Cloverleaf Elementary School paid off Friday.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Summit's goal: Keep graduates here]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/16/summits-goal-keep-graduates-here/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Keeping students in the Mooresville area as they move into the workforce and prosper will be the goal of an "economic summit" sponsored by the Mooresville Graded School District.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kids get a new playground]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/16/kids-get-new-playground/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Shepherd Elementary will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil its new playground.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dance students to kick up heels at Orange Bowl]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.statesville.com/content/2009/oct/15/dance-students-kick-heels-orange-bowl/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Visual and Performing Arts Center dance students have been selected to participate in what some of them say will be the most exciting experience of their young lives.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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