School budget draws little interest from public
By Donna C. Gregory ASSISTANT EDITOR
      Even with more than half a billion dollars in spending at stake, only four people spoke during a public hearing last week on the FY08 budget for Chesterfield County Public Schools. And, most of those speakers and their messages could have been predicted by school board members.
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100 days
      Bon Air Elementary School recently celebrated the 100th day of school. During the celebration, Principal Bruce Tetlow (right) and other school staff dressed in turnof the-century clothing or changed their appearance so they looked 100 years old.
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Scaling back?
New committee may look at ways to cut school construction costs
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER
      With the rising cost of the replacement for Clover Hill High School on everyone's mind, the county school board met last week in a work session to discuss design standards for a new high school in eastern Chesterfield that's expected to be built around 2012.
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Brains and brawn
Gym teacher's fitness stations combine engineering with exercise to energize students
By Sande Snead CONTRIBUTING WRITER
      When Cindy Jones, a physical education teacher at Clover Hill Elementary School, needed to get re-certified for her teaching license, she chose to take a class in children's engineering, thinking how much fun her students would have if she could find a way to combine academics and physical educatio...
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Shadowing Waddell
      Thomas Morley, a sixth-grader from Robious Middle School, spent a day with Del. Katherine Waddell at the General Assembly last week. He also met Gov. Tim Kaine.
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