Jim McDonough's newest challenge, fresh off trying to rid the Florida Corrections Department of scandal: Figuring out how to serve the mentally ill in New Orleans area, when 80 percent of the local psychiatrists haven't returned after Hurricane Katrina.
Hiring him for the task is none other than Alan Levine, the former Florida Agency for Health […]

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Students from Brenau and Riverside Military academies were honored today as Gainesville-Hall County winners in the state Student Teacher Achievement Recognition Program. via The Times

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Charges of abandonment against a single mother who had given her mentally handicapped son to social workers were dropped Tuesday.
Cheryl Holley, 42, who gave up her 12-year-old son in January, no longer faces criminal charges. Hillsborough County Judge Gaston Fernandez ruled that the boy qualifies as "a child in need of services."
Her son, whom […]

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E.G. "Red" Lackey, the ubiquitous and unfailing Democrat known for his elaborate headwear, has died at age 93.
The news was announced early Wednesday by Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman, who said Lackey embodied the term "Yellow Dog Democrat."
"Through his many years of committed activism, Red Lackey earned the respect and affection of Democrats of […]

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not drnk or nothin, but alesh.isyournewbicycle.com.
tags: meta

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A national standard of ‘highly qualified’ undermines recruitment, retention, and instructional leadership, Sheryl Boris-Schacter claims.

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