Politics

Louisiana education officials are requiring the Delhi Charter School to drop the “Student Pregnancy Policy” that bans pregnant students from attending classes on its campus. After the American Civil Liberties Union called the discriminatory policy unconstitutional and pressured the school with potential legal action, the Louisiana Department of Education has agreed that Delhi Charter School is in violation of federal law. A letter from Michael Higgins, the director of law and policy in the Education Department’s Office of School Choice, asked the school to make an immediate change to the policy no later than August 16th: In the letter, released to TODAY.com Tuesday evening, the state asks for a policy that “does not discriminate against pregnant students or students perceived to be pregnant” and says that “under no circumstances shall the school require any student to take a pregnancy test.” The school, which has approximately 700 students from kindergarten to 12th grade, said earlier...

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) April 05, 2012 WinFord High School has accepted enrollments from 750 high school students who sought online high school diploma under its admission program, the Admission Committee announced today. The students were selected from 3,369 students who applied for online high school diploma at WinFord through the set criteria for enrollment. The number of early applicants, compared to last year, has increased by 37 percent, which is a record for WinFord High School. WinFord High School attracts an exceptional number of highly competent and deserving high school students and we are privileged by the interest and trust students have shown in WinFord," said Russell Hantz, dean at WinFord High School. He went on to say that students have become smarter and wanted to plan their schedule ahead of time and we encourage them to do that. WinFord High School congratulated all successful students by email and short text messages. Students can enroll for an o...