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<title><![CDATA[Students enjoy new twists to favorite fairytales]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Tenth-grade students sat around tables in their media center, wearing gold, paper crowns and reading about characters like, "Dragerella" and "The Three Little Wolves," to children at Cox Mill High School on Friday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabarrus School Board reviews first semester drop out rates]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Cabarrus County Schools has begun a new method of tracking the number of students who drop out and their reasons for doing so as a way to keep more in school. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabarrus recommends delaying opening new magnet school]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 parents responded to an anonymous survey last month about a new potential magnet school, or one with a curriculum centered around a specific focus, within Cabarrus County Schools, said Colleen Sain.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Northwest student to attend Paralympics this week]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, Jill Moore never dreamed of playing sports. This week, the multi-sport athlete will be attending the 2010 Paralympic Experience in Vancouver, and watching people compete at a level she hopes to reach one day.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dropout rates decrease at area schools]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Dropout rates for Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City school systems declined during the 2008-09 year, compared to the 2007-08 year, according to a data released Thursday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Elementary students learn financial literacy]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[David Smith stood in the middle of a spider web surrounded by youth representing engineers from Germany, advertising executives in the U.S. and factory workers from Belgium at Beverly Hills Elementary School.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Schools review proposed 2010-11 budget]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/mar/03/schools-review-proposed-2010-11-budget/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Asking for bids when purchasing technology, combining seventh and eighth-grade sports teams and buying in bulk were ideas members of the Cabarrus County Board of Education suggested for saving money when they reviewed the first draft of the 2010-11 proposed budget on Monday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reading events scheduled this week]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/feb/27/reading-events-scheduled-week/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Schools to host events to mark Read Across America this week.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:09:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carpenter files for re-election]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[After serving for two decades, Privette announces retirement]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:05:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[School official charged with sexual misconduct]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/feb/25/central-cabarrus-assistant-principal-charged-sexua/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Concord Police arrested a Central Cabarrus High School assistant principal Thursday and charged him with sexual misconduct with two female students.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:17:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Winecoff Elementary collecting peanut butter for Haiti]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Students at Winecoff Elementary School are collecting jars of peanut butter to send to earthquake victims in Haiti.

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:36:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabarrus County Schools transportation director dies]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[CONCORD — George Edgar Douglas, the director of transportation for Cabarrus County Schools, died of a heart attack on Thursday afternoon at CMC-NorthEast. He was 55 years old.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabarrus schools transportation director dies]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[George Edgar Douglas, the director of transportation for Cabarrus County Schools, died of a heart attack on Thursday afternoon, at CMC-NorthEast. He was 55 years old.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:54:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Cabarrus schools create identities]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[As construction continues on the outside for the two new Cabarrus County schools, Hickory Ridge Middle and Patriots Elementary, the principals and several staff members are working on creating what will go on inside the buildings.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:28:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harrisburg Elementary celebrates culture]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/feb/17/harrisburg-elementary-celebrates-culture/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Members of the Harrisburg Elementary School Parent Teacher Association are offering "a free trip around the world," at the school this weekend, said Viki Hojnacki.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Robinson wins state 3A wrestling championship]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Jay M. Robinson High School came from behind to win the NCHSAA 3A dual-team wrestling state championship in Hillsborough Monday night.

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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:57:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cabarrus County Schools discuss graduation projects]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[About 94 percent of Cabarrus County Schools seniors who worked on their graduation project last semester were successful in completing it, system staff said at a Board of Education meeting on Monday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:47:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[KIDS:PLUS fees will increase to counteract deficit]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Fees for parents whose children attend the Cabarrus County Schools KIDS:PLUS childcare program will be raised next month, to make up for a $400,000 projected deficit, instead of taking away employee benefits, as previously considered.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Covenant Classical celebrates 101 days of school]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[About 20 "Dalmatians" sat at tables on Friday, eating cupcakes, marshmallows, popcorn and other snack foods at Covenant Classical School.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jay M. Robinson principal honored for civil rights contributions]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/feb/03/jay-m-robinson-principal-honored-civil-rights-cont/news-local-education/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[CONCORD — Jay M. Robinson High School Principal Beverly Mack said she never thought of her activist work in college as heroic, but she was described as such last weekend.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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