24 January 2008

YorkClips 1/24/2008...

Today's news of interest, compiled by YorkCounts

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Crime plan nixed, county tax hike reduced.
http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_8063823

A plan to pay Baltimore high school students to improve test scores has caused a split on the school board and drawn the sharpest criticism that Andres Alonso has faced in his first half-year as city schools chief. Mayor Sheila Dixon came out in opposition to the plan yesterday morning, only to change her mind in the afternoon after speaking by phone with Alonso.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-te.md.ci.schools24jan24,0,2813752.story

Daily Records applauds magnet schools, laments loss of downtown cobbler.
http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_8064054

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