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		<title>Media reactions to strip search case</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/media-reactions-to-strip-search-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Association for Justice put together a nice summary of media reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Safford Unified School Dist. #1 v. Redding which I have included below with links to the stories.
In the case, the court ruled 8-1 that &#8220;an Arizona middle school violated the rights of a 13-year-old girl [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=259&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Student strip search ruled unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/student-strip-search-ruled-unconstitutional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprising victory for student&#8217;s rights, the United States Supreme Court today issued an opinion ruling that the strip search of a 13-year-old middle school student Savana Redding was unconstitutional. You can view our previous posts on this case by clicking here and here. This is a very good ruling for student&#8217;s rights and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=258&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Columbine lessons still resonate</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/columbine-lessons-still-resonate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My vacation week read this year was Dave Cullen&#8217;s excellent work entitled Columbine. It&#8217;s an indelible portrait of the killers, the victims, and the community that suffered one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century. This book was released nearly 10 years after the event, and is a riveting page turner which will help [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=244&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Classic unfunded mandate on musical instruments</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/classic-unfunded-mandate-on-musical-instruments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s an unfunded mandate is a typical question raised, particularly during budget season. A recent bill submitted to the Massachusetts House of Representatives that would require the sterilization of all school band instruments is a classic example.
The bill known as H5176, received initial approval in December 2008 and would require that beginning in January 2010, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=208&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WASTED drug and alcohol program audio online</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/wasted-drug-and-alcohol-program-audio-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug and alcohol use by teenagers is troubling to say the least.   It often leads to severe consequences, and as one doctor has noted, drugs are an equal opportunity destroyer.  Researchers suggest that adolescents who start using alcohol or marijuana before they&#8217;re 15 have an increased pattern of substance abuse, criminal convictions, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=180&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using photographs to stop the worldwide XDR-TB epidemic</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/using-photographs-to-stop-the-worldwide-xdr-tb-epidemic/</link>
		<comments>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/using-photographs-to-stop-the-worldwide-xdr-tb-epidemic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please permit me to go a bit off-topic to tell you about an important event taking place today.

Award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey is premiering a slideshow on the disease XDR-TB that is the culmination of his wish to share an underreported worldwide story using news photography in the digital age. The story will be spread via [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=150&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit against Lexington schools dismissed</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/lawsuit-against-lexington-schools-dismissed/</link>
		<comments>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/lawsuit-against-lexington-schools-dismissed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Massachusetts threw out a lawsuit filed by Lexington parents who objected to discussions of gay couples in their children&#8217;s classrooms.
The case and issues which arose highlight some of the sensitive issues that school committees face.
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf said federal courts have decided in other cases that the constitutional right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=23&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seat belts on school buses</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/seat-belts-on-school-buses/</link>
		<comments>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/seat-belts-on-school-buses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having received a number of inquires about the use of seat belts on school buses, I thought it would be a good idea to update folks on the latest information available on that issue.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) establishes Federal motor vehicle safety standards to reduce the number of fatalities and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=19&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DPH summary report issued on salmonella</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/dph-summary-report-issued-on-salmonella/</link>
		<comments>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/dph-summary-report-issued-on-salmonella/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has issued an Executive Summary of its report on the salmonella outbreak at Jefferson Elementary School last spring. You may read the report by clicking here.
The state found that oul pellets were the likely cause, but school staff &#8220;had no indication that the owl pellets might be unsafe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=6&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MPDH advisory on mosquito-borne diseases</title>
		<link>http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/2006/10/08/mpdh-advisory-on-mosquito-borne-diseases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Roy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A message from Superintendent of Schools Wayne R. Ogden:
After a conversation with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), we would like to reinforce their safety recommendations with respect to the risk of mosquito-borne diseases. We encourage all parents to employ the personal protection procedures recommended by MDPH in their Public Health Advisory. Their personal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com&blog=656811&post=4&subd=franklinschoolcommittee&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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