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Emily Strempke loved baking and had taken several cake-decorating classes at Michael’s.Amanda Sinclair hated textbooks and, in general, didn’t care much for school — “I skipped a lot of classes,” the 23-year-old said.Both found their calling in the culinary world, thanks to the Colorado ProStart Program classes offered in their high schools. ProStart is a restaurant and hospitality management and culinary arts program offered to students hoping to pursue careers in the industry. The program is offered by 27 Colorado high schools, including five in Colorado Springs: Coronado, Doherty, Palmer, Wasson and Sand Creek.ProStart provides for college scholarships, industry-mentoring work experience at local hotels and restaurants, and the National Restaurant Associations National ProStart Certificate of Achievement. All ProSt Read full post…

Next Monday, Sept. 13, doors will open at the shimmering new Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Los Angeles — this country’s most expensive ever public school. The school was built on the site of the former Ambassador Hotel, where Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968, and features stunning modern architecture, with a swimming pool, two soccer fields, an Art Deco faculty lounge, and murals illustrating Kennedy’s life.

At a cost of $578 million, though, the school has attracted a lot of criticism — especially in light of the tight budgets facing the district as a whole. Critics of the Robert F. Kennedy school include leaders of the group Parent Revolution, who argue the project is an inappropriate use of taxpayers’ money. On the o

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Rocky Mountain Classical Academy parents and staff packed the Falcon School District 49 board room Thursday night, worried that the district might revoke the school’s charter contract.

That didn’t happen and school will start next week as scheduled for nearly 1,000 Rocky Mountain Classical students in kindergarten through 11th grade.

But the D-49 board did vote unanimously to tighten oversight of the school.

The board is using a new state law that allows a district to take over supervision of critical financial and other decisions of charter schools that are struggling.

D-49 Superintendent Bradley Schoeppey said after the meeting that shutting the school was never an option.

“I think there’s a lot of work to be done to get them to where they can be financially successful,” he said.

The vote came after several hours of discussion in executive session, some of which included the charter school’s board. The state e

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McMillon’s vision for the school includes an advanced curriculum for all ages.

Rebecca McMillon, the recently appointed head of school for St. John’s Episcopal School in Abilene, officially began her duties last month, but she has served the school in other capacities for more than a decade.

“I spent 11 years in the preschool department as a classroom teacher,” McMillon said. “For the last couple of years I served as a part-time administrator as well.”

Hard work and dedication to the students and school including expansion to incorporate a program for 2-year-olds — earned McMillon a promotion to director of preschool in 2007. She said she

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