| Parents want decision closing Kingsbury to be reconsidered
Kingsbury Middle School parents are stumping to get Douglas County School Board trustees to reconsider their decision to close the school in June 2008.
A forum to discuss the issue is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at George Whittell High School. Three school board members and Superintendent Carol Lark are expected to attend.
Parent Greg Felton is spearheading the re-evaluation of the Douglas County School District trustees' decision to close Kingsbury Middle School and keep Zephyr Cove Elementary open. He said the Parents' Club and Booster Club surveyed parents and found 95 percent of the people wanted the consolidation to take place at the middle school instead.
The consolidation discussion started in 2005, but in June 2006, the board voted 7-0 to close the middle school instead of the elementary school.
Copper drawing sinners to local churches
ANDERSON COUNTY Copper thieves have left no doubt that security is needed at institutions that open their doors open to sinners. In about two months, thieves have targeted three Anderson County churches, causing about $20,000 in damage from the theft of copper. Between 8 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Thursday, thieves stripped copper from two central air conditioning and heating units behind the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Osborne Avenue in Anderson. The loss is estimated at $12,000, according to the Anderson City Police incident report. About Jan. 19, thieves coordinated their arrival with that of a wintry mix to steal copper from a heating and cooling system at Thompson United Methodist Church on West Market Street, according to the Anderson police. The Lennox system is valued at $3,600, according to the incident report.
Miley Cyrus: 'I'm lonely'
The 15-year-old Hannah Montana star claims she is lonely, because father Billy Ray and mother Tish have banned her from spending time with many of her friends. She says, "Some people think you have more privileges than other teenagers because of what you do. And that's not it at all. It's actually the opposite." "They're protective for sure. My mom is more strict than my dad." "You want to keep your closed circle of friends. And sometimes my mom is saying, 'I have a bad vibe about this person. She needs to hang out with you when I'm around just to keep you safe.' "I need more friends. Its kind of like my quest right now just to have more true friends." Copyright World Entertainment News Network .
Bullied 8th-grader was beaten, called a Nazi
School districts tell us they have a "zero tolerance" policy on this kind of garbage. For those of us who don't have the luxury of sending our kids to a private school - or are ideologically in support of public schools - this is a serious matter. .
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