New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond sent a letter to Airlines for America expressing concern that airfare prices have not gone down despite the significant decline in fuel costs. Scott Carwile reports…
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A report from the department of education shows that nine-percent of public school students in Louisiana received out-of-school suspensions and expulsions last year academic year. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond is concerned that airfare prices have not gone down despite the significant decline in fuel costs. He expressed his concerns in a letter to Nicholas Calio, President and CEO of Airlines for America. Richmond says the fact that airline ticket prices haven’t gone down doesn’t make any sense to him…
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In a written statement, Airlines for America says air travel remains one of the best consumer bargains in America, given its superior speed and price versus other modes of travel. Richmond says it only seems fair that with the cost of fuel dropping rapidly, that some of those savings be passed on to consumers…
cut 4 (09) “to American families”
Richmond says if air travel is cost prohibitive, it is a detriment to American families. He wants an explanation of what exactly makes up the price of an airline ticket. Richmond feels there’s a chance that this issue could be heard in a Congressional hearing…
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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s a day which marks the birthday of the chief spokesman for the civil rights movement and is observed the third Monday of January each year. King’s birthday is January 15th. Dr. Faye Williams of Alexandria currently serves as the Chair of the National Congress of Black Women. She says today is a day of service…:
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King delivered a 17 minute long speech at the March on Washington in 1963 which became known as I Have A Dream and became regarded as one of the finest speeches in the history of American oratory. He is credited with helping advance civil rights and was assassinated in 1968. Williams says a lot has changed since then…:
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Williams says we should use today to remember Dr. King by calling on people from all walks of life to work together in providing solutions to our most pressing national problems…:
Cut 8 (07) “that’s his legacy”
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A Baton Rouge lawmaker is concerned about a department of education report that shows more than 61-thousand public school students received an out of school suspension last academic year as a result disciplinary action. That’s about nine-percent of the state’s public school students and senator Sharon Weston Broome believes that’s too high
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The report also indicates about five-hundred students between K-and-12th grade received an out-of-school explusion because of their actions. Broome says she’s meeting with principals, school board members and teachers in an attempt to find out if sending a disruptive or troubled child home is the best punishment…
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The report says out of school suspensions and expulsions were the result of fights, willful disobedience, disrespect of teachers or the use of drugs on campus. Broome says another concern is that sending a misbehaving student home, will not correct their behavior in the future, and that issue needs to be discussed more
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The Louisiana Department of Education has named Gibson Elementary School in Terrebonne Parish and Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School in Shreveport as this year’s National Title I Distinguished Schools. The program recognizes two schools from each state. Gibson principal Sharon Henry says they get the honor for having made the most progress in closing the achievement gap with historically non-performing students…:
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Henry says 89% of the students at Gibson are considered economically disadvantaged and the progress they have made is remarkable. She says the secret to such success is working together to do what’s right for kids…:
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Henry says they are very pleased the staff and students’ hard work has been recognized on a national level. Claiborne Fundamental Elementary gets the honor for exhibiting high student performance for two or more consecutive years. Principal Ellen Hall says their teachers work extremely hard and they have a great parental involvement program…:
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Hall says the secret to their success revolves around everybody having high expectations and believing that it can be done. She says the Title I part of the award means that they serve children who have been identified as having financial need, but that level of income for their parents does not put a ceiling on their ability to learn…:
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