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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:01 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>Seven-period day drawing Polk teacher's ire</title>
      <category>News - Education / Polk</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>School grades show mixed results across state</title>
      <category>News - Education / State</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.baynews9.com/images/news/2009/6/18/classroom.jpg" height="155" align="right" alt="School grades show mixed results across state" /> <div>	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  <p>The number of Florida schools receiving A's increased dramatically, but the state's high schools had little to do with that.</p><ul><li><a href="http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/" target="_blank">School accountability reports</a></li><li><a href="http://www.baynews9.com/Education.html" title="education resources">Education resources </a></li><li><a href="http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/xls/0809/districtgrades20082009.xls" target="_blank">District grades (.xls) </a></li><li><a href="http://schoolgrades.fldoe.org/xls/0809/SGschool20082009.xls" target="_blank">School grades (.xls)</a></li></ul> 	   	   	   	   	   	   	   	   	   	   	   	   	  </div>]]></description>
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      <title>Construction underway for new Weeki Wachee high school</title>
      <category>News - Education / Hernando</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://www.baynews9.com/images/news/2009/6/18/schoolconstruction.jpg" height="155" align="right" alt="Construction underway for new Weeki Wachee high school" /> <div>	  <p>Hernando County's newest high school is being built along U.S. 19, just north of Hexam Road.</p><ul><li><a href="/VideoPlayer/?Hernando_County_School_618" onclick="window.open('/VideoPlayer/?Hernando_County_School_618','_blank','width=700,height=500');return false;">Watch the story<img src="http://www.baynews9.com/images/style/camera_icon.gif" alt="Watch Video" hspace="2" align="absmiddle" /></a></li><li><a href="http://www.baynews9.com/Education.html">Education resources</a></li></ul>  <p>&nbsp;</p> 	  </div>]]></description>
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      <title>Tax rate increase approved for Pinellas Schools budget</title>
      <category>News - Education / Pinellas</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title>State universities want maximum tuition hikes</title>
      <category>News - Education / State</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:00 EST</pubDate>
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