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• Authorities Say Boy, 12, Took Firearm To Ball Game
  Sep 19, 2009 — Bristol Herald Courier
  ...game was at Bluff City Middle School. The following morning, several students reported the incident to the school counselor, who called Jeff Boling, one of four school resource officers with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office. The suspect is a student at Mary Hughes Middle School in Piney Flats. Sullivan County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Lisa Christian said the gun and its owner have not been found. A petition was filed in Bristol Juvenile Court, and the boy will...
• Breaking the cycle of illiteracy
  Sep 15, 2009 — Chattanooga Times/Free Press
  Casey Cagle, who helped secure a $500,000 grant in 2006 for the recent expansion of the Learning Center of Catoosa County. Smith said. "A person that has a GED earns $14,000 more a year than they would without," Ms. Smith said. "It also means they're stopping that vicious circle of illiteracy.
• Program helps students gain independence
  Apr 29, 2009 — Chattanooga Times/Free Press
  Her agency provides interpreters, case managers and resources for finding jobs, she said in American Sign Language. The first Mission Transition program took place in February, and Ms.
• System failed for years in teacher sex case
  Apr 12, 2009 — Tennessean
  Jaime SarrioRonald Boykin Jr.'s teaching career did not end when he was charged with raping a child. Boykin now is charged with abusing two former students here.But Boykin's story isn't just about a man fleeing from prosecution. Other states, including Georgia, Mississippi and Kentucky, check for warrants as part of educator background checks.Despite lacking any certification, Boykin was promoted to a teaching position in November.
• Reader Views
  Mar 31, 2009 — Tennessean
  Charter schools claim to offer innovation and better programming. Society also proclaims the importance of education beyond high school. If education beyond high school is important, why does society not pay for it similar to primary education?