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    <title><![CDATA[School Notes Nov. 15]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14413.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14413</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[School Notes]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14346.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[APEX HIGH]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14346</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[The peak of good make-believe]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14383.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[For the past month, there have been some strange things happening on Salem Street.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[State results fuel diversity debate]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14352.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[During this fall's heated Wake County school board race, supporters of the diversity policy repeatedly warned that backing candidates who favor neighborhood schools would lead to a Charlotte-style school system with lower academic results.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Davis Drive Middle seeks donations to teach fitness]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14241.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Even on evenings and weekends, Davis Drive Middle School teachers are using their muscles.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gym teacher Jones works hard to teach play]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14349.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Lufkin Road Middle School teacher Jennie Jones will receive the Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award on Nov. 13 at the annual convention of the N.C. Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dollars have built taller walls]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14267.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Three decades ago, when Wake County began busing children to maintain diversity in its schools, officials were trying to erase stark racial divides.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[School Notes Nov. 4]]></title>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:37:07 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14235</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[2009 Cary Band Day Results]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14264.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14264</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cary Band Day 2009]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14271.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Rain couldn't keep a throng of beats and brass from forging through downtown on Saturday.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[School Notes Nov. 1]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14177.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14177</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[The show must go on, but without Gardner]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14179.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Ned Gardner stopped playing music for a living and started teaching it.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Band Day players prepare for encore]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14091.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Alumni of Cary High's band program who reunited last year to lead the 50th annual Cary Band Day parade are preparing for a repeat performance.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[School Notes Oct. 28]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14079.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14079</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bigger plans for St. Michael]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14176.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[While Wake County public schools are reporting slow-growing enrollments, Cary's only Catholic school is poised for a major expansion.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14176</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Truitt bows out of Wake schools race]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/14012.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Wake County school board candidate Cathy Truitt has conceded the District 2 runoff election to John Tedesco, a decision that virtually ensures a new majority in favor of neighborhood schools.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:08:03 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/14012</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[School Notes Oct. 21]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13989.html]]></link>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:05:49 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13989</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Janitor hangs up the mop after 33 years]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13993.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[James Lee Brice has shown up to Cary Elementary School at 6 a.m. every school day for the past 33 years. As their head custodian, he's swabbed floors, swept halls and scraped gum off of desks without complaint.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Challengers may put schools on new path]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13887.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Wake County's public schools appear to be on the brink of a historic remake as candidates critical of the current board and its approach to school diversity swept three districts in last week's election.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Salem Elm's Willard moving on]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13807.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[After 33 years in education, Salem Elementary School principal Savon Willard retired and spent her last day at Salem on Sept. 30.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:16:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Board hopefuls split on spending]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13748.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[In District 9, it's all about the money.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13748</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Voters can affirm or revise school policy]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13723.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[The future of Wake County's year-round school program could be decided in the next week -- not by a panel of judges, but by voters.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:30:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Diversity issues raised again]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13643.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Diversity issues again produced fireworks at a forum for Wake County school board candidates.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13643</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Candidates clash over school board policies]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[No visible elbows flew at the Wake County school board forum last week, but candidates Debra Goldman and Lois Nixon repeatedly displayed the sharp edges of their competing visions for Wake schools.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13563</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wake and state trade blame on packed classes]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13445.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Kendi Coutant's three children are coping with the cuts in courses and the larger class sizes.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Western Wake SATs lead district]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13397.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Students in western Wake County schools continued to post better SAT scores than peers elsewhere in the county. But schools in other parts of Wake are gaining ground.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13397</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Parents adjust to Wednesdays]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Theora hails from Kenya, so as she copes with a public school schedule that presents new challenges to working parents, it makes sense that the Cary resident is invoking an old African proverb: It takes a village to raise a child.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:59:52 EST]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wakes names outstanding principals]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Wake County has announced its finalists for principal and assistant principal of the year, including several selections from western Wake schools.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:26:29 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13284</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Green Hope preps for bowl]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Green Hope High School marching band has preparing for this year's halftime show since before the school year and football season began.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:24:32 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13283</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freshmen, and now parents, get oriented]]></title>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.carynews.com/schools/story/13210.html]]></link>
    <description><![CDATA[Incoming freshmen flowed through the halls of Cary High School last week, guided by administrators, teachers and upperclassmen who donned bright green shirts. That cast of characters hasn't changed in the years Cary High has held ninth-grade orientation.]]></description>
    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>    <guid isPermaLink="false">www.carynews.com/13210</guid>
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