Almost 60 school districts in Texas have now made the switch to four-day weeks
Published Fri, 17 May 2024 01:42:56 GMT
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — Almost 60 school districts across Texas have now switched to four-day school weeks, often in a bid to prevent teacher turnover.According to a KXAN analysis, at least 59 districts have made the switch. Some of those districts have recently approved the change effective for the 2023-24 school year.At least seven other districts offer a hybrid schedule, with four-day weeks for part of the year. Central Texas school district moves to 4-day school week Districts in all parts of the state have made the change, with the schedule proving particularly popular in rural districts in north and east Texas.In 2015, Texas lawmakers passed a bill that changed how classroom instruction was timed. Districts no longer had to provide 180 days of classes, but instead a minimum of 75,600 minutes. Requiring minutes instead of a set number of days gave districts more flexibility in how they scheduled classes.Crosby ISD, in Harris County just outside Houston, recently became the lar...Amateur D.B. Cooper investigator to sue FBI to examine plane hijacker's tie
Published Fri, 17 May 2024 01:42:56 GMT
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An amateur D.B. Cooper investigator plans to sue the FBI because he thinks he may have found a key to solving the case.Eric Ulis has been investigating the case of D.B. Cooper, the man who hijacked a flight in the 1970s before leaping from the plane and disappearing. Ulis is now hoping to examine the hijacker's tie because he believes investigators may have missed a feature that could contain DNA. Ulis tells Nexstar's KOIN that he discovered a spindle in a tie "precisely like DB. Cooper's," that rises up. He says he talked to previous D.B. Cooper FBI investigators who told him they didn't realize the tie has the adjustable spindle. RELATED: D.B. Cooper, the most infamous skyjacker in US history KOIN spoke with Ulis, who is traveling to Washington D.C. to file a federal lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act on Wednesday to try to force the FBI to allow him and a DNA expert to examine the tie, then use ancestry genealogy."That gives us the a...SunnyD gets an adult beverage makeover
Published Fri, 17 May 2024 01:42:56 GMT
(WGN) - A staple of childhood in the 90s wants to be a staple of adulthood in the 2020s as SunnyD, aka Sunny Delight, gets an alcoholic makeover.According to a release on PR Newswire, Harvest Hill Beverage Company, which bought the orange beverage in 2017, is launching SunnyD Vodka Seltzer. The seltzer was "crafted...to have the same great orange taste as the SunnyD our fans know and love." Hershey introduces plant-based Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, chocolate bars It's being sold as 12oz cans with 4.5% ABV, 95 calories, and zero grams of sugar. The drink gets its sweetness from the use of Stevia. SunnyD Vodka Seltzer is being sold as a single can and as four-pack boxes starting on Saturday, March 11 at select Walmart stores nationwide.Ben Bradley to participate in 'Chicago Celebrity Spelling Bee'
Published Fri, 17 May 2024 01:42:56 GMT
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