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	     	<title><![CDATA[Career Technology teachers contract ratified]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The ink is on the line. Teachers at the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County officially have a contract.
At the center's joint operating committee meeting Thursday night, directors voted 6-0 to approve the contract, which calls for raises of 3.7]]></description>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[H1N1 music video available to schools]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A music video about H1N1 may soon be coming to a school near you.
On Thursday, the state Department of Health released a 2 minute and 50 second video, complete with catchy lyrics in a mix of hip-hop and pop, that focuses on five things children can do to]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:40:21 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Gang presence in Scranton likely to grow]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The presence of gangs in Scranton - which became undeniable this summer with the murder of Allen Fernandez and the arrest of three Bloods members - is likely to grow, a gangs expert told teachers Wednesday.
And teachers may be on the front line of the fi]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:17:16 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[COLTS looking at new bus routes for colleges, Commerce Boulevard]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The Lackawanna County Transit System should consider expanding service for businesses along Commerce Boulevard in Dickson City and for local colleges, according to first impressions from a consultant analyzing bus routes.
Though a full route analysis wil]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:42:46 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Scranton medical school flooded with applications]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[It's not easy to become a medical student in Scranton.
More than 2,600 prospective students have applied for 60 spots in the second class at the Commonwealth Medical College. The total is already double what the school received for its first class.
Schoo]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:13:25 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Teachers learn about local history]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Area social studies teachers received a lesson in local history Tuesday.
"You can't learn about 'there' unless you learn about 'here,'â€‰" said William Gershey, a curriculum consultant for the Northeastern Educational Int]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:01:31 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Scranton School Board must trim budget; tax hike could be 6 percent]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The Scranton School Board has a lot of trimming to do.
Directors accepted a preliminary budget at their meeting Monday night that calls for a tax increase above the limit they agreed to this summer.
The board must trim $690,000 from the $115.7 million bu]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:17:02 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[School pension costs likely to cost taxpayers hundreds of dollars]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A looming rate increase for the state school employees' pension fund has the potential to cripple school district budgets and whack the wallets of property owners across the commonwealth.
School districts will likely face multimillion-dollar increases in]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:31:30 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Students learn about area careers and colleges]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Architect, doctor and financial adviser - all careers that can be learned and practiced in Scranton.
Thirty-five area high school juniors are learning about those professions this fall as part of Career Academy, a three-part program sponsored by the Grea]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:05:18 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Middle school celebrates Veterans Day by receiving greetings from Afghanistan]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[NEWTON TWP. - With the mountains of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, in the background, Army Maj. William Hogan said hello to Abington Heights Middle School students Wednesday. 
The brief video message, taped Tuesday and played at a Veterans Day assembly,]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:34:10 -0500</pubDate>
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