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Pennsylvania high-school grad exams could be reality by fall

A controversial series of graduation-competency exams for Pennsylvania high school students could be a reality by the end of the summer.

West York approves Everyday Mathematics program

West York will begin teaching a new $245,000 math curriculum in the 2008-09 school year. The district received a $131,000 grant to help implement the program.

Confederate flag ban prompts incident at Susquehannock

Students at Susquehannock High School may no longer wear Confederate flag shirts or have Confederate flags on campus, which led to an incident Thursday that further disrupted the school environment, the district's top official said.

For student safety, Dallastown decides not to post homeroom list

There has always been the list. For as long as some people can remember, it was taped or tacked or otherwise posted on the exterior of the school doors

Local districts report more incidents in school safety report

The incidence of misconduct reported in York County schools increased almost three times faster than in the rest of the state between the 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years.

School budget Russian roulette: DePasquale wants formula changed

This year's state education budget was, by most accounts, a victory for the four school districts

City high school to test students for STDs chlamydia and gonorrhea

Back to school will mean more than books and pencils for students at York City's William Penn Senior High School this fall.

Dallastown school district looks to go paperless

To some people, the idea of running a school district electronically ...

Administrator sues York City school district

An assistant superintendent with the York City School District alleges in a federal lawsuit that she has been unjustly disciplined, harassed and otherwise discriminated against because she is white.

York City school board considers new deal for substitute teachers

York City students can breathe a sigh of relief; their principal soon might not be needed to cover classes anymore. The York City school board is mulling a contract with a substitute teacher service to cover teachers when they're out sick or using vacation time. The school board could spend $50,000 to hire Delaware County-based Substitute Teacher Service, which employs and dispatches substitute teachers to school districts when needed.