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DISTRICT REMOVES MERCURY
An Ohio school district has removed mercury from all its science classrooms after a student stole a jar of the toxic metallic element and took it on a school bus, exposing dozens of students to it, said superintendent Ron Lindsey of the 1800-student Sheffield Lake district in Lorain County.
The student allegedly stole a jar containing 7 ounces of mercury from the Lorain County Joint Vocational School in Late March. The student faces expulsion. The 47 students who came in contact with the mercury were tested for exposure most had traces on their clothes and shoes. But none has tested positive for having the element in their systems: it can cause long-term health problems, including brain damage.
Education Week
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INTERESTING FACTS FROM THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE
FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEES
FACT BOOK 2000-2001
2000-2001 Budget Amount % of Total
State $2,566,635,900 83.6
Federal 495,201,900 16.1
Other 7,967,100 0.3
TOTAL $3,069,804,900 100.0
Education Data
Teacher's starting salary B.S. Degree $23,375
Tennessee's average teacher's salary $37,418
US average starting salary 98-99 $40,582
Tennessee's rank in the U.S. 28
Average Daily Attendance 844,451
Average Daily Membership 896,660
Tennessee per pupil expenditure $5,579
U.S. per pupil expenditure (98-99) $6,734
Tennessee's rank in the U,S. 41
Selected Education Appropriations
BEP and other LEA support $2,371,312,000
Connect TEN Initiative 4,663,000
Safe Schools Act 5,600,000
Early Childhood Education 6,000,000
Extended Contracts 28,212,100
Performance Incentive 500,000
Educational Television 3,222,600
Science Alliance Grants 750,000
Public Schools
Elementary schools 965
Middle Schools 247
Secondary Schools 334
Other/ vocational/special schools 39
Adult high schools/ alternative schools 41
Totals 1,626
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DODGING DODGE BALL
In what some observers are calling the most "ridiculous" example yet of zero tolerance, the elementary school game of dodge ball is under attack for "using humans as targets." The Cecil County, Maryland, school board is considering banning the game.
Judith Young, of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, told Family News in Focus that the object of dodge ball, "to throw things at the kids and hit them and thereby eliminate them from participation, is not consistent with wanting them to be participating."
Young's view has parents and some physical education teachers scoffing. "It's a good game because it can actually teach children some dodging and avoidance skills and some target skills," teacher Matt Pace told Family News. National Amateur Dodge Ball Association's Rick Hanetho added that it "seems silly" to pick on a childish game that uses a foam ball.
Education Reporter
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NO FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS
WITH DRUG CONVICTIONS
The Bush administration has decided to enforce a previously ignored law denying federal financial aid to college students with drug convictions. Hundreds of thousands of applicants who did not answer a drug conviction question on their forms were not denied aid during the Clinton administration. Now, failure to answer the question will result in rejection. Education Secretary Rod Paige and financial aid officials decided late last month to enforce the law beginning with the 2001-2002 application pool. The cycle began in January.
Education Week
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