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Rose Springs Elementary first-grade teacher Kristi Harms hands out tissues to clean off wipe boards while her class practices writing their names Tuesday morning. Rose Springs was one of 22 schools that made adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. East, Settlement Canyon and West elementaries, and Tooele Junior High, did not meet AYP requirements.
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As in 2009, four fail to make adequate yearly progress
Stansbury High School teacher Erica Hatch instructs an 11th grade English class Thursday morning. Hatch, a freshmen and junior English teacher, was recently hired because of the influx in freshmen at the school.
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- photography / Maegan Burr
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Stansbury and Grantsville high schools log biggest initial increases
Grantsville Junior High School algebra teacher Denise Bunyard goes over class rules by playing a game Tuesday morning with her third-period algebra class. Bunyard has been a teacher for 31 years, 19 of those in the Tooele County School District.
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- photography / Maegan Burr
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Three teachers at various stages of their careers share their hopes and concerns for the school year ahead
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Tooele City has temporarily blocked Rocky Mountain Power’s high-voltage power line project by getting a temporary restraining order against Tooele County. The restraining order, granted by 3rd Dis...
Jim Busico points to an old pool hall and a barber shop that are now abandoned on Broadway in Tooele Thursday. Four years after a proposed redevelopment plan.
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- photography / Maegan Burr
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Developer and city say moving forward isn’t possible until economy improves
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Almost a quarter of all businesses targeted served alcohol to minors
Si Sarmienta, Piotr Runge, Sean Smith and Bailey Hewitt (l-r) warm up with their coach Chuck Smith before the first game of the season at England Acres Park in Tooele Wednesday. The park is the location of the city’s newest water well.
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- photography / Maegan Burr
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New England Acres well adds more capacity for thirsty city
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Standardized testing in the Tooele County School District involves plenty of alphabet soup, with CRT, DRA, DIBELS, UBSCT, UTIPS, IOWA, UALPA, NAEP, U-PASS, and NCLB all on the menu. That menu is ab...
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A shooting on Vine Street in the early hours of Thursday morning left one man seriously injured in what police are calling an attempted murder. Neighbors overheard yelling from an argument near th...
Bianca Noerenberg (left) holds 1-year-old Mia Noerenberg while Benny Noerenberg (right) talks about losing his job at Detroit Diesel on Monday in Stansbury Park. The German family has been forced to sell everything to get back to Germany now that Benny’s work visa has expired.
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- photography / Maegan Burr
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Yesterday was Mia Noerenberg’s first birthday — and perhaps the last she’ll celebrate in the country of her birth. Mia’s parents, Benny, 31, and Bianca, 26, moved from Berlin, Germany to Erda two ...
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The Tooele County School District has received $499,998 from the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History grant program. A total of 124 grants were awarded to schools in 40 distric...
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Tooele County Aging and Adult Services has a new director. Joshua Maher has replaced Butch Dymock, who resigned following allegations he slapped a kitchen worker in June at the Tooele Senior Citiz...
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An 8-year-old Stansbury Park boy died Sunday evening in a strangulation accident at his home. Jacob McClatchy went up to his room to change his clothes before playing outside shortly before 6 p.m....
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Residents split on whether ‘festhaus’ tent is right for community celebration
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Campers and recreationalists have taken full advantage of Tooele Valley’s canyons and campgrounds this summer as both Settlement Canyon and South Willow Canyon — the two canyons that charge fees — ...
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Unfinished sidewalk pushing drivers and walkers closer together on busy street
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Something magical must be happening to the Grantsville offense when they enter the locker room at halftime of their games. For the second game in a row to start the season, the Cowboys have been st...
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In arid Utah, water equals a future. Without enough water, residential growth will stop, economic development will suffer, and a city will stagnate. In fact, the day may come when a city’s water re...
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AP - An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
Thu Sep 02 10:53:40 -0500 2010
AP - The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
Thu Sep 02 10:50:37 -0500 2010
AP - Officials say the body of a gunman who was shot to death by police after he took three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters has been removed from the building.
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