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Gay children, and some parents and supporters, say these efforts are undercut by what they call the district's "gag order" on discussion of sexual diversity - a policy, adopted in 2009 amid searing public debate, that "teaching about sexual orientation is not part of the district-adopted curriculum" and that staff "shall remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation."

NYT > Home Page By ERIK ECKHOLM 2011

Gay children, and some parents and supporters, say these efforts are undercut by what they call the district's "gag order" on discussion of sexual diversity - a policy, adopted in 2009 amid searing public debate, that "teaching about sexual orientation is not part of the district-adopted curriculum" and that staff "shall remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation."

NYT > Global Home By ERIK ECKHOLM 2011

If you call the district's transporation office, give your child's name, student ID number and his or her bus route number.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2011

Chris Doherty, father of fourth-grade twins and treasurer of the School Parent Council, called the district's efforts a joke when 248 of the school's approximately 800 students assigned to ride buses were late Monday.

Boston.com Top Stories 2011

Nunery said any parent or district employee can call the district's main number, 215-400-4000, to get information.

Phillies Zone 2011

Mr. Bobb said late last month, flanked by contr actors slated to take over the district's custodial work and save the district an estimated $75 million over five years.

Crisis Mode Persists for Detroit Schools Matthew Dolan 2011

In his interview with the Journal, he said that without his budget cuts, the district's annual deficit — now at $327 million, up from $218 million in 2009 — would have grown to more than $500 million.

Crisis Mode Persists for Detroit Schools Matthew Dolan 2011

Jamestown has cut a deal to pay more than $225 million to b uy out its partners in Chelsea Market , a property whose redevelopment as a specialty-food destination and media mecca played a major role in the meatpacking district's renaissance.

A Market on the Rise Dana Rubinstein 2011

Yet the district's mammoth deficit has continued to grow during amid the state's downturn and growing pension and debt obligations, and the city's schools are still grappling with longstanding problems, including political battles involving the state, school board and teachers' unions and a long-term exodus by students.

Crisis Mode Persists for Detroit Schools Matthew Dolan 2011

If the state can't do that, he said, the district's insurer will double the district's short-term borrowing costs to almost $40 million a year to meet payroll expenses by April 1.

Crisis Mode Persists for Detroit Schools Matthew Dolan 2011