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Friday, March 01, 2013  Clary Middle School is closed Friday due to a partially collapsed sewer line.

Friday, February 08, 2013  When Mexico High School English teacher Shannon Bigelow saw girls under pressure to live up to an unrealistic ideal of beauty, she decided to do something about it - that's how  "True Beauty" day started. It's a day where students and staff come to school without makeup to make a statement about the real source of beauty.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Eight grade students at Pine Grove Middle School, in the East Syracuse Minoa School District, demonstrated their Mars Rover project live on "Today in Central New York" on Monday.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Chittenango is closing Lake Street Elementary as a result of decreased enrollment and financial issues.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  The North Syracuse Central School district says it will be sending students and staff home from Gillette Road Middle School at 9:45 a.m. Thursday due to concerns of high winds.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A second case of whooping cough, or pertussis, has been confirmed in the Marcellus School District.

Monday, January 14, 2013  The Fayetteville-Manlius School District is taking a closer look at its safety and security procedures in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut shooting.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Using his everyday experiences, 13-year-old Sam Doyle writes with a passion, emotion and perspective that far outreach his years. Doyle says writing about being bullied, and sharing those writings on Facebook, is a "weight off his shoulders."

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Pertussis, or whooping cough as it is commonly known was confirmed at Jamesville Dewitt Middle School. There are currently two cases that the district is dealing with.

Monday, November 05, 2012  With a crowd of supporters behind her, a 13 year old victim of an alleged bully called upon the North Syracuse School Board Monday night to take action to protect her.

Friday, September 28, 2012  Hundreds of bicyclists stopped at six locations as part of the Syracuse Ride for Missing Children that aims to raising awareness about missing and exploited children.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  The Cazenovia high school and middle school are closed Wednesday due to a water main break. Students and faculty should not report to school Wednesday morning.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  The Liverpool School Board rejected a plan to reconfigure where sixth graders go to school.

Monday, July 23, 2012  The Syracuse City School District says about 2 feet of copper piping was stolen from the roof of Clary Middle School, near Meachem Field, sometime last week

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  An 8th grade student at Jamesville-DeWitt Middle School is heading to Washington, D.C. to take part in a national conference on stopping violence.