Word: midyear
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Eliminating spring transfers as a way to meet the pre-set cap of 35 transfers was not a policy decision, McGrath Lewis said, but resulted from the difficulty for students to pick up concentration tutorial sequences at midyear...
...Most departments are not very accommodating [of midyear transfers],” she said...
...tests don't adequately reflect the material as it would be on a midyear or final exam," said David E. Johnson '04. "They give students a false sense of security...
Still, many parents resisted. Balking at longer bus rides, some signed up their kids for private schools. One faction made a short-lived bid to build a charter school closer to their homes. But by midyear, many of those parents had transferred their children back--and they were joined by some parents who had been using private schools for years. A man who once backed the charter-school campaign won a school board seat. Those who had been in the system all along are touting the benefits of vigilant parenting. "The more you hang around the school, the more your...
Billions of dollars are riding on the decision, expected by midyear. With federal recognition, Quiet Hawk's Paugussetts--factory and government workers, small-business owners and retirees--would become, in many respects, a sovereign nation and could, with the state's approval, open their casino. And not just any casino. Their preferred site would be on the Bridgeport waterfront--only 55 miles from New York City, and even nearer to the city's wealthy northern suburbs...