| Southeast schools study policy to trim administrative staff
Southeast Local School District is in the process of adopting an administrative personnel reduction in force (RIF) policy. "It's just simply good practice to have a policy that governs all personnel in your school district," said Southeast Local School District Superintendent Tom Harrison. Harrison explained that Ohio Revised Code and unions for both classified personnel and certified personnel dictate reduction in force procedures for teachers and workers such as food service workers. No policy is in effect for employees in administrative positions such as building principal or business manager. A draft proposal of such a policy received its first reading at the school board's meeting last Monday. The proposal suggests that a reduction in force may be implemented "to reduce the number of administrators upon the return to duty of administrators after leaves of absence, the suspension of schools, territorial changes affecting the district, decreased enrollment of students or financial conditions of the district." Should the school board find that a reduction in force is necessary for administrative personnel, the proposal states that replacements will not be employed for personnel that retire, resign, or whose contracts are not renewed for another reason.
Hamptons blog
Christie Brinkley and a tiny boy quietly zipping down the grassy lanes in a golf cart. Brinkley, a regular at the horse show, appeared to be the sole spectator with motorized transportation; everyone else walked under the hot sun. "That's not our cart," one showground employee observed. Danny Hulse, a salesman for Dubarry of Ireland, in the boutique tent standing for long stretches of time in three inches of water. Hulse was advertising the $400 Wellington boot. "I've spent about 130 days a year standing in a bucket of water. It's my mother's dissapointment," quipped Hulse, an Englisman who wore a country gentleman's tweed hunting jacket and red tie. Edward Infusino, propietor of Fox Run jewelery, gushing about how he introduced Susan Lucci to Joan London at his booth last year.
Stress divides America's youth along gender lines 8/23/2007
NEW YORK -- Stressed out by your high-pressure job? Don't assume your kid is any less stressed out by school. Especially if she's a she. Young people experience stress at a high rate, and females more than males, an extensive Associated Press/MTV survey shows. A similar divide exists in terms of fears and safety: Girls and young women are less likely to feel safe in their neighborhoods, in schools or from terror attacks. The source of stress changes as we get older, the survey shows. Among 13- to 17-year-olds, school is by far the most commonly mentioned source. Among 18- to 24-year-olds, it's jobs and financial matters. In all, fully 85 percent of young people said they felt stress at least sometimes. "I'm a pretty high-stressed person," says Katie Duda, 21, who's finishing up a degree in culinary arts and awaiting the birth of her first child in a few weeks.
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