Timing of gift questioned

Timing of gift questioned MATC gives computers to Germantown libraryBy TOM KERTSCHER
tkertscher@journalsentinel.comPosted: Dec. 14, 2007

Five years ago, after the Germantown village administrator complained about services being provided by Milwaukee Area Technical College, MATC responded by donating wireless laptop computers and related equipment worth $65,000 to the Germantown public library.

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So, This is a Good Way to Teach Kids

Here’s the lead from a New York Post article today titled MySpace Invaders for City Students:

City public-school students better beware what they blog when classes resume in September.

A revised draft version of the city Department of Education discipline code calls for harsh punishments - including expulsion - forstudents who post “libelous or defamatory material or literature” on the Internet.

Kindergartners to fifth-graders who disparage their teachers, principals or fellow students on the Web could face a finger-wagging parent conference or be suspended for up to 90 days, according to theproposed discipline code.

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