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Education's Extreme Makeover Pull-Out Section IN-DEPTH COVERAGE ON EDUCATION REFORM COMPILED BY THE RED&BLACK STAFF The State of Our Schools Proposal Targets Teacher Tenure, Raises Test Stakes The Race to the Top Gates Gives Back National Groups Propose Uniform Expectations News Attendance drop highest in district By Samantha Matras News Editor Classrooms all across the district are plagued with the same atmosphere: emptiness. FULL STORY OUR VIEW Punish unethical teachers The Florida legislature is proposing a bill to raise the degree of felony for teachers who engage in sexual activities with their students. We feel that this is a welcome bill, and support all aspects of it. FULL STORY Life Burton's flick falls 'down the rabbit hole' By Skye Cribelar News Editor Despite the hype, Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" did not meet expectations. The CGI were fantastic but the script was not so wondrous. It did not do its job in bringing the characters to life and seemed rather bland. The affect was like trying to bake bread without any yeast, except in this case the yeast was a good script and the bread was the movie. FULL STORY Sports Students balance martial arts with band, dance By Taylor Gonzalez Editor-in-Chief It’s 7:35 in the morning and senior Devin Barnes waltzes into her math class just in time to dodge a tardy. FULL STORY "Regardless of scheduling, I make a concerted effort to train as often as I can, even though I would like to train more often," Devin Barnes said. NICK O" CONNER
		Just In! Prom Court winners announced For 2010, the King and Queen are: John Crowder & Rodjysne Jones Just in! Watts on A&E By Sequenis Pye Staff Writer Recently, a staff member in the school had the honor of being on a TV show to help sell her house; that teacher is Margaret Watts. Watts and her husband had been trying to sell their house in Lutz for some time, and apparently were having no success. Then, their realtor heard about a competition going on for a chance to be on the A&E show “Sell This House.” A few weeks ago, she was chosen out of 10 families on her block for her house to be renovated so that she could have a better chance at selling her house. FULL STORY 2009 - 2010 Early Release Dates Sept. 2, 2009 Jan. 13, 2010 Sept. 16, 2009 Jan. 27, 2010 Oct. 7, 2009 Feb. 3, 2010 Oct. 21, 2009 Feb. 17, 2010 Nov. 4, 2009 March 31, 2010 Dec. 16, 2009 April 21, 2010 May 5, 2010 May 9, 2010 these dates are subject to change