Don Was
Don Was
Don Wasis an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was led the 1980s funk rock band Was. In later years he produced songs and albums for a large number of popular recording artists. In 2012, he became president of jazz music label Blue Note Records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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I did drop out of school.
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What surprised me is what we're able to accomplish with the resources we have in comparison to institutions with much larger budgets. That has just baffled me. There are schools out there with huge academic budgets and somehow, with our skeleton staff, the kids just get it done.
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We lost two starting linebackers and (Miller) has an impressive rŽsumŽ'. He earned a lot of accolades from his high school and junior college days. It was not a difficult decision for us that we should recruit him and, thankfully, he's here now and off to a good start.
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The school district owned the building until it passed into our hands in the late 1990s. This building is a third in a series of schools at this location. The first was a log school built in 1772. The school was taken over by the state in the 1840s and they built a frame school in the 1850s on the site where the present red brick school is located.
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The rules don't change. We follow the same policies that we've had in place throughout the school year.
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It was a little odd coming back and not coaching for the school I'd enjoyed for so many years. This place fit me like a glove.
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The whole team ran well, but with this big of a group of schools, it was not easy to make the top eight. We ran some of our fastest times to get in the top 12 to 15 teams. Some of the best Kansas City and St. Louis schools were there in addition to the best athletes from mid-Missouri. This meet was a major showcase of state-wide track talent for this early in the season.
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Each year it has grown. The village, schools and businesses have been so great.
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Our entire district staff has worked hard and tirelessly with students to assure that each child meets his potential. Their efforts have been recognized with the district and each of its schools having achieved AYP under the NCLB standards,
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Every school district has training in place for bus drivers. Every school district has guidelines for safety on buses. The coaches take care of the kids, and the drivers take care of the road. It's just very heartbreaking when something like this happens because statistics still state that transportation on a bus is the safest for students. Our hearts go out to their families.
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You'll see that the difference between what the school pays and tuition can vary dramatically.
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I can't see that we're going to change our regular season schedules. With dollars the way they are now, we're conscious of playing schools as close as we can get anyway.
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Based on the projection that the total enrollment is 32,000 for the 2012-13 school year, we are projecting that grades 9-12 will have 8,855 students.
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Since we all live in a watershed, we need to be aware of the conservation practices that are installed and areas that need to be improved. Buckeye Creek is an excellent opportunity for farmers, urban residents, city and school to work together to improve their natural resource concerns.