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City rethinks exams, sick day Policies for staf, students examined By Jennifer Pignolet pignolet@commercialappeal.com 901-529-2372

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At the beginning of Monday’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, Maggie Murphy with Parade Magazine presents Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner with a plaque celebrating the town’s win in the “Best Main Street in America” contest.

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uring Monday night’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, Maggie Murphy and Kevin Craig with Parade Magazine presented a plaque to Collierville town leaders for winning the 2014 “Best Main Street in America” contest. Earlier this summer, Collierville was chosen from thousands of submissions from readers to compete for the “Best Main Street” crown. Parade Magazine editors narrowed down the ield to the top 16, and each town faced of in an NCAA-style tournament and winners were determined by online voting. The inal results were announced mid-August.

A special reception was held in celebration of winning Parade Magazine’s “Best Main Street in America” title. Mayor Stan Joyner (second from left) and Sen. Mark Norris (third from left) spoke with Parade Magazine’s Maggie Murphy and Kevin Craig.

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Students at Houston High School may soon have to earn a grade of 93 instead of a 90 — but will not have an attendance requirement — to be exempt from a inal exam. The proposed change will come before the Ger- Jason mantown Mu- Manuel nicipal School Board in the coming weeks. The board debated the idea in a work session last Wednesday. Supt. Jason Manuel said the current policy, which allows students three absences, encourages students to bank their days and essentially take the entire last week of school. He said students also came to school sick because they wanted to hang on to the days for the end of the year. “The high school administration has said, ‘This has become a problem in the school,’ ” Manuel said. The change from a 90 to a 93 represents a jump from a “B” to a solid “A” grade, Manuel said, and relects a level of comprehension throughout a semester that shows a inal exam would not help a student further. The policy was designed, Manuel said, to encourage attendance, but the question is whether it really had the reverse efect. The board also debated attendance and sick leave policies for personnel. See EXAMS, 2

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HANDS-ON STUDY St. George’s Science and Innovation Lab open for students at Germantown campus.

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Charlene Fitzgerald adopted Dusty, a 7-year-old black-and-brown shorthaired dachshund, after his back legs became paralyzed in an accident. Last Saturday, during the irst day of the 43rd annual Germantown Festival, the pair scooted across the arena with Dusty’s back legs in the wheelchair he uses. He won the award for best costume, dressed up as a train. “I adore him,” Fitzgerald said. “I’m proud of him. I think he knew he was doing something that was

BOOKS FROM BIRTH Crissy Haslam will visit the Collierville library as part of a bus tour for the 10th anniversary of Imagination Library. NEWS, 8

PREP FOOTBALL The fans saw a good game Friday between the Devils and Dragons. SPORTS, 10 The Commercial Appeal © Copyright 2014

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