Fulton Daily News
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A profile today of Dan Cunningham, one of three people running for two slots on the Board of Education this week. Also, the Envirothon team wins first place and a slot in the state championships, and is the high school really running out of paper?
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Photos: Shirley’s 50th Regiment of Foote Holds Training Weekend
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Police Seek Help to ID Wal-Mart Thieves
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Fulton Woman, Air Force Veteran, Profiled as Warrior of the Week
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RaiderNet Daily: A Day of Wins
Many Raider teams posted wins on Thursday. Also today, some teachers look back on their prom nights — because it’s prom night here. And some students spend time with senior citizens.
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Numbers Show Reading Program Works, And That Cutting Program Hurts
Reading First helps students learn to read. And when you start to cut Reading First, it doesn’t work so well anymore.
That’s the short version of a presentation on the reading program used in Hannibal’s elementary schools to raise reading scores. It was a key component of the successful effort to get Hannibal off the state’s “in need of improvement” list.
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RaiderNet Daily: Seeing The Consequences
It’s Prom weekend, a great time to remind students what can happen when you mix alcohol and driving. A mock DWI crash showed students how a bad decision can ruin lives. Also, students hear a first-hand account of the Holocaust and the school hosts Solofest.
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Hannibal Board Rejects Contract Extension for Superintendent
Here’s a rare thing: A Board of Education rejecting a contract extension for the Superintendent of Schools. That’s what happened in Hannibal, and it may mean the end of Superintendent Mike DiFabio’s tenure at the end of the next school year. Some of the reasons for the tension between administration and some board members was on display at a meeting Wednesday night.
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RaiderNet Daily: Out To Sea
Today, there’s news that a GRB teacher will spend some of his summer vacation on a ship in a distant sea. Also today, the band warms up for the Memorial Day parade, and a plea not to catch the dreaded disease “senioritis”.
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Hannibal Budget Hearing Focuses on Cost of Contracts
Hannibal’s budget eliminates or downsizes 15 positions and raises the tax levy 2.99% in a year in which Gov. Paterson’s across-the-board education aid cuts will drain more than a million dollars from Hannibal. It cuts into the Reading First program credited with helping get the district off the state’s “in need of improvement” list, eliminates band for 5th graders and preserves varsity and modified sports.

