Art teachers restored in budget (Gazette Extra Sports)

Now you have officially moved out of the hobby status and in to the serious craft show business. Actually the IRS considers your enterprise a hobby if you haven't made a profit in two out of five years that you file as a business. If that happens, it's time to rethink taking your goods to craft shows as a business venture.

Art teachers restored in budget (Gazette Extra Sports)

Elementary schoolchildren's time in art class won't be cut this school year after all. The Janesville School Board voted 5-4 on Tuesday to reinstate three art-teaching positions that it cut last spring.

Summer just got longer: New Dixon High School campus won't be ready (The Davis Enterprise)

Published Aug 06, 2007 - 18:08:38 CDT. DIXON - Dixon High School students will have an extra two weeks of summer because construction of their new $75 million campus won't be finished by Aug. 15.

Camp gives students taste of traditional native art (6:42 a.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News)

FARMINGTON, N.M. â€” A dozen American Indian high school students sat in a room, concentrating hard on the beginning of a small loom in front of them. Dozens of seemingly tangled strings loosely connected two wooden poles that would be the basis for a rug they will weave later.

The Art of Organization (The Morning News)

EUREKA SPRINGS -- Art workshop fliers are stacked in neat piles. A laptop computer complete with a presentation of visiting artists is running in another room.

New School for Children at Risk (R News)

A new elementary school with a special mission opens in September. The Sands Academy strives to identify and help children at risk of learning and language delays.

Marcellus' exit ends an era at Kings Art Center (The Sentinel)

Some can't envision the Kings Art Center without him. Others think it was time for Bob Marcellus to move on. Either way, Hanford's signature art house will have to find its way without Marcellus, the longtime curator who retired last month.

'COOL' SCHOOL (The Herald)

When India Hook Elementary School opens its doors next week, it will push the standard of technology in local schools to a new level. The 29 core classrooms are wired with smart boards, audio, video and computer access.

Staff moves galore in preparation for school year (Crookston Daily Times)

Among the myriad of staff-related moves approved by the Crookston School Board on Monday was the creation of a one-third time gifted and talented teaching position.

Monroe school board (Monroe Times)

* Approved Monroe Middle School math teacher Ben McWilliams' resignation.

$16M going to construction work at three Barnegat schools (Asbury Park Press)

The New Jersey School Development Authority has awarded a $15.9 million contract to construct additions and renovate three district elementary schools. Approval for construction work at the Collins, Dunfee and Horbelt elementary schools was granted by the SDA -- formerly the New Jersey School Construction Corp. -- at its meeting in Trenton today. A contract totaling $15,878,000 was awarded to ...