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Wallingford schools report gains in student academics, wellness

WALLINGFORD — Administrators from the high schools and middle schools presented plans for continuing to improve academics and student wellness at this week’s Board of Education Instructional Committee meeting.

Joseph Corso, principal of Lyman Hall High School, and Enzo Zocco, principal of Sheehan High School, started off the presentation with academic updates at the high school level.

Corso said both high schools’ administrators look heavily at PSAT and SAT testing data. The PSAT results show students are improving.

“Our students are continuing to grow,” Corso said. “When they came to us, one of the alarming trends that we saw through

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Randolph High School investigating gender locker room dispute

RANDOLPH, Vt. (WCAX) – Randolph High Schools girl’s volleyball team has been banned from its own locker room while school officials investigate a conflict involving a transgender student on the team.

Vermont education policy says students can play sports and use the locker room corresponding to their gender. But some members of the Randolph girl’s volleyball team objected to having a transgender teammate in the room while they were changing.

“It’s a huge thing. Everyone’s asking, ‘So, why aren’t you allowed in the locker room?’” said Blake Allen, who along with her fellow teammates are currently barred from using the

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Dunbar High students receive head start in EMT program

Dunbar High School students take up life-saving skills in class



NONE OF THEM HAVE REGRETS ABOUT SIGNING UP. THE CLASSROOM TURNED MEDICAL TRAINING GROUND ON THE FOURTH FLOOR AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL WOULD YOU NEXT STEP IS WHERE YOU’LL FIND MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDENTS EXPLAINING. COLLECTION THE MOUTH WHAT THEY’RE LEARNING ABOUT SAVING LIVES. THAT’S HOW AND HE GOT HIS NECK. EVERYTHING THAT WE LEARNED HIS CLASS YOU COULD USE LIKE EVERYDAY LIFE DEFINITELY FOR THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN IS VERY BAD SO WE CAN KIND

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Plan for new South Side high school narrowly passed by Chicago Board of Education, amid both opposition and praise

Despite declining student enrollment in Chicago Public Schools and lingering concerns from neighborhood groups, the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday narrowly approved a plan to purchase land and take the first steps toward building a proposed $120 million Near South Side high school.

The board voted 4-3 in support of buying property at 23rd Street and Wabash Avenue for $10.3 million to exchange with the Chicago Housing Authority, which would lease to the board a 1.7-acre site at 2450 S. State St. — once the site for the former Ickes Homes public housing complex — for the high school.

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Some Fad Diets Are Better Than Others

September 27, 2022 · 7:00 AM

Paleobetic Diet, Steve Parker MD, paleo diet, Paleolithic diet, diabetes, diabetic diet
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Frontiers In Nutrition in July, 2022, published “Fad Diets: Facts and Fiction.” Thank you, FIN, for making it available at no cost. The authors are based in Pakistan and Romania. They attempted to summarize the literature on popular fad diets. I am shocked that they included the Mediterranean diet. Read the article and 134 references then form your own opinion. Some snippets:

Regarding the Atkins Diet: “AD provides several benefits including weight reduction and cardio-metabolic health improvement, but limited evidence exists as compliance is the major barrier to this

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Carrot Almond Casserole – JennifersKitchen

Vegan, Gluten-Free Carrot Almond Casserole

How great is it when healthy food is also easy to make? And when it’s gluten-free too? And when it’s also vegan? And when it can be made ahead of time (and freezes well)? And when leftovers are just as good as the first time around?

Sounds to me like the perfect meal for a group. The health nuts will be happy. The dieters will be happy. The vegans will be happy. The gluten-free people will be happy. And you will be happy.

This delicious Carrot Almond Casserole is amazingly versatile – not only does it go great with mashed

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Education: Students tout benefits of EMCC’s Adult Education programs

Two north Mississippi residents are taking advantage of the programs offered at East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle campus.

Brandon Miller of West Point and Trey Logan of Eupora are both enrolled in the Adult Education Launch Pad where they are taking GED preparation classes, and the two were guest speakers at a Sept. 22 events about the program.

“I’ve been working for three years towards earning my high school diploma and after only a couple of weeks at the Launch Pad I have already passed two of the four subject areas for the GED test,” Miller said. “I want

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Prizker names Isoye chair of the Illinois State Board of Education.

Former Niles Township High School District 219 Superintendent Steven Isoye has been named chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education by Governor JB Pritzker, according to a statement from the governor’s office.

Isoye, who served as superintendent of District 219 high schools from July 2016 through June 30, said he was honored with the appointment. District 219 serves Skokie, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood and Niles.

“I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board and State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala to foster an academic environment in which every student in the state can be successful,” Isoye said in

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