A moment of silence and remembrance for Haywood Turner III; a fellow BCer.
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L-E story: "Muscogee County School District Superintendent Susan Andrews said at a work session Monday night that the district has little choice but to approve higher prices. * The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 has a clause that requires school systems to have equity in pricing. * “In order to get government reimburses for our free meals, we must raise the price of our meals until the price charged is equivalent to the federal reimbursement rate for the breakfast or lunch. We’re about 70 cents below that now but the government will only allow us to raise the price of our meals 10 cents per year so we’ll be doing this for seven years.” -- Another example of why the MCSD should not accept Washington money. It was our money to begin with, but government only returns about 20% of it to the community, and that comes with huge strings and conditions attached. "We" lose $ .70 a meal in order to get some "free"... like the old adage says, "There ain't no such thing as a 'free' lunch' ".
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Good call, though, by the MCSD on putting Dr. Crumbs back at CHS. He's a good and capable man.
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The Page one Awards at the River Center, the MEEF Teacher of the Year Award at the Convention Center, and the Junior Achievement Awards at the Cunningham Center are all being bestowed tonight..... wouldn't it be nicer, even more impacting, if all these honorees could be present together?
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