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• Gold Hill seeks child-care alternatives - 11/16/2009
  

  GOLD HILL — With the city set to discontinue funding of the community's only after-school child-care program by year's end, parents are hoping...

• ROTC returns to SOU - 11/14/2009
  

  ROTC is back at Southern Oregon University — and it's bringing a lot of money with it.

• Ashland High principal will retire Nov. 30; work through end of school year - 11/12/2009
  

  ASHLAND — Ashland High School Principal Jeff Schlecht will retire at the end of this month, but will continue working as a contracted employee...

• Elementary students in Ashland talk to fellow pupils' dad in Iraq - 11/11/2009
  

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• Report cards released for local schools - 11/11/2009
  

  Most Jackson County's schools — like those across the state — fared well under a new ranking system implemented by the state Department...

• SOU enrollment at 5,104 for fall term - 11/11/2009
  

  Southern Oregon University has reported its highest fall term student enrollment since 2004.

• Several community members debate proposed Ashland construction tax - 11/11/2009
  

  ASHLAND — The Ashland School Board on Monday declined to take action on a proposal to tax new construction after listening to parents, builders...

• Property purchase lets Armadillo expand - 11/10/2009
  

  Armadillo Technical Institute, a charter school in the Phoenix-Talent School District, will be able to expand its general equivalency degree and...

• Ashland School District looks into new building permit tax - 11/6/2009
  

  ASHLAND — The Ashland School Board on Monday will discuss enacting a tax on all new construction building permits taken out within the district.

• Programs give kids jump start on college - 11/3/2009
  

  For part of the school day, Eagle Point High School senior Michael Baker leaves the high school campus to take electronics classes at Rogue Community...

• Living co-ed? No big deal, students say - 11/2/2009
  

  When Southern Oregon University junior Montique Holman gets dressed in the morning, she slips into the closet of the dormitory room she shares with...

• Assault of teen, mother leads to negligence suit - 11/2/2009
  

  A Medford woman has filed a lawsuit against the Medford School District, the city of Medford and a city police officer for injuries she and her...

• After-school health lesson is succeeding - 11/2/2009
  

  Fifth-grader Mikaela Degrande used to think General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios was a relatively healthy choice for breakfast until she discovered a...

• Safety list's long-term effects can be punitive - 11/2/2009
  

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