http://naplesnews.com/news/education/naplesnews.com Stories: Education Newsen-useducationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/referendum-reallocate-money-collier-schools-operat/Collier County School Board member Steve Donovan knows voters might not be happy with him or the board. But he doesn’t want voters to punish the students and the teachers. “(Funding for) public education has been decimated. We’re bleeding. If you wish to support public education, don’t make this about me or the board,” he said. “If you give us this money, we will provide for (the teachers and students).” Fri, 16 May 2008 02:17:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/referendum-reallocate-money-collier-schools-operat/educationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/collier-school-board-votes-accept-settlement-baker/The Collier County School Board voted 4-1 Thursday evening to accept a $555,000 settlement in the Baker lawsuit. Board Vice Chairwoman Pat Carroll was the lone dissenter. Thu, 15 May 2008 22:23:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/collier-school-board-votes-accept-settlement-baker/educationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/curatolo-proposes-adding-two-members-school-board/Collier County School Board member Kathleen Curatolo surprised her fellow Board members Thursday afternoon by proposing that the district add two members to the School Board. The two members would be considered at-large. Thu, 15 May 2008 21:05:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/curatolo-proposes-adding-two-members-school-board/educationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/bonita-middle-schoolers-building-confidence-readin/The first-graders circle around the reader, who carefully pronounces each word. A little girl’s pigtails swing as she cranes her neck to snag a look at the pictures as the book swivels her way, supported by the reader’s hands. The class is captivated, silent, focused. At least one mouth is hanging open. They seem to enjoy the book and perhaps they’re saying to themselves, “I’m going to do that in five years.” Thu, 15 May 2008 19:41:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/bonita-middle-schoolers-building-confidence-readin/educationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/lee-schools-freeze-all-district-employees-salaries/Lee County school district employees waiting for their annual raise shouldn’t hold their breath. Representatives from the union-affiliated Teachers Association of Lee County and Support Personnel Association of Lee County, which represent nearly all of the district’s 11,000 employees, decided Thursday to extend negotiations meant to solve the district’s state Legislature-induced budget crisis until around Sept. 30. The extension will also put on hold any changes to district employees’ health benefit plans and any raises the employees would have received beginning July 1. Thu, 15 May 2008 19:21:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/lee-schools-freeze-all-district-employees-salaries/educationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/photo-gallery-protest-aims-plan-schools-outsource-/Hoping to draw attention to the district’s decision to accept proposals to outsource custodial services, more than 40 custodians stood at the intersection of Pine Ridge Road and Osceola Trail Thursday morning to protest the idea. If the district outsources custodial services, 250 Collier County employees would lose their jobs. Thu, 15 May 2008 13:48:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/photo-gallery-protest-aims-plan-schools-outsource-/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/class-notes-golden-gifts-staff-and-students/This year’s Golden Apple Class of 2008 – six outstanding teachers – did us proud as they represented their schools, all 3,000 School District of Collier Thu, 15 May 2008 12:45:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/class-notes-golden-gifts-staff-and-students/citizen/schoolshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/village-school-nurtures-love-arts/The room is alive as students slide across the floor, twirl in front of the wall of mirrors and jump around in their socks. Thu, 15 May 2008 12:44:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/village-school-nurtures-love-arts/citizen/schoolshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/manatee-elementary-fcat-cloud-9/Pat Sanford could barely contain her excitement, May 8. “I have been on cloud nine since eight this morning,” Thu, 15 May 2008 12:43:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/manatee-elementary-fcat-cloud-9/citizen/schoolshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/duo-ready-roll-retirement/Principal Daryl Mattison and 37-year teacher Carolyn Lightner will soon wave goodbye to Golden Gate Elementary and hello to retirement. Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/15/duo-ready-roll-retirement/citizen/schoolshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/14/seacrest-students-getting-creative-earn-spot-odyss/How many kids, volunteers and hours does it take to ensure about 20 children will have the experience of a lifetime? Start with 84 kids, 26 adult volunteers and hundreds of hours scavenging for props, building sets and practicing lines all in the hopes of getting to the World Competition. Wed, 14 May 2008 23:37:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/14/seacrest-students-getting-creative-earn-spot-odyss/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/14/former-fgcu-attorney-adds-second-discrimination-la/The former No. 1 attorney at Florida Gulf Coast University says the school has problems with sex discrimination beyond those claimed in the athletics department. Wed, 14 May 2008 23:31:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/14/former-fgcu-attorney-adds-second-discrimination-la/educationhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/14/children-outside-box-studio-north-naples-are-free-/Children slip off their shoes and enter Outside the Box-Studio in North Naples for an afternoon of creativity. Inside a multicolored, two-room studio filled with an array of art supplies from costumes to puppets, four children express themselves freely for one hour during the “My Tribe” class that meets on Tuesdays. Wed, 14 May 2008 19:55:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/14/children-outside-box-studio-north-naples-are-free-/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/13/collier-school-district-faces-194-million-deficit-/Bob Spencer knew he was in a precarious position, standing before the Collier County School Board Tuesday. Wed, 14 May 2008 01:09:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/13/collier-school-district-faces-194-million-deficit-/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/13/gulf-coast-grad-ready-go-become-gator/He’s ready to hit the road. When you ask Kent Kolegue, who everybody calls Max, about college, his face cracks into a grin. “I’m really excited,” he said, sitting at the counter in the kitchen of his North Naples home. “I’m excited to get out of town and to move on.” Wed, 14 May 2008 01:06:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/13/gulf-coast-grad-ready-go-become-gator/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/13/accreditation-review-team-visit-collier-public-sch/An accreditation review team from AdvancED, an accrediting agency, will visit the Collier County School District next month. Tue, 13 May 2008 16:09:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/13/accreditation-review-team-visit-collier-public-sch/citizen/schoolshttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/former-collier-school-board-members-favor-settleme/They say they know a good deal when they see one. Now, seven former Collier County School Board members are urging the current board to see the settlement deal with former Superintendent Ray Baker as a good deal for the district. The e-mail, sent Monday to the current School Board members and some in the media, encouraged the members to vote for the settlement at their Thursday meeting. Tue, 13 May 2008 01:38:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/former-collier-school-board-members-favor-settleme/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/class-08-immokalee-graduate-wants-help-kids/Tasheen Fletcher knew what she wanted to be when she was 13. After watching her cousins struggle in group homes, foster homes and juvenile facilities, the 18-year-old decided to become a social worker so she could help people — mostly kids, Tasheen said. Tue, 13 May 2008 01:08:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/class-08-immokalee-graduate-wants-help-kids/localhttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/q-session-prince-church/One of 17 Catholic cardinals from the United States, Cardinal Adam Maida, the Archbishop of Detroit, is the oldest “prince of the church” still active in the country. In addition to his duties in Detroit and membership in the College of Cardinals, which is responsible for selecting the pope, Maida, 78, is the founder of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., an interfaith conference center that was a stop on Pope Benedict XVI’s recent tour of the United States. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:59:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/q-session-prince-church/ave_mariahttp://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/bonita-middle-school-teacher-named-florida-educato/Bonita Springs Middle School sixth-grader Peter Serendensky may know why Joseph Cofield was chosen by a national teachers organization as their Florida Educator of the Year. It’s his grades. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:48:00 -0000http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/may/12/bonita-middle-school-teacher-named-florida-educato/education