Cairo Association of Teachers - Archive12

CAT Tracks for the 2008-09 School Year




March 30 - "Now or Never"


March 30 - (Not) Only in America


March 30 - It's A Crime


March 29 - Meet the Cairo BOE Candidates


March 29 - Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming


March 29 - Julia Steiny...On A Rant


March 29 - Parental Involvement


March 28 - Combat Pay


March 28 - Are They NUTs?


March 28 - Kentucky Kills CATS


March 27 - Teacher Training


March 27 - CJSHS Lincoln Museum


March 27 - More on Cairo Utilities


March 26 - Brits All A-Twitter


March 25 - I Ought To Be In CAT Tracks


March 25 - A.I.G. - A Different Perspective


March 24 - Another Place...Another Time


March 23 - Two or More Races


March 23 - Op-Ed...Relevant Reading


March 23 - Waving the White Flag on Vouchers


March 22 - Foot(wear) Fetish


March 22 - Learn to Earn


March 22 - Power Struggle


March 22 - Don't Quibble, Be Happy


March 20 - Sipping the Life Fantastic


March 20 - Dallas Cage Fights


March 20 - CHS WYSE Team Competes


March 20 - Bennett Elementary in the Spotlight


March 19 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


March 19 - BOE Election...April 7th


March 19 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions


March 19 - Book Review


March 19 - Brown Bag Lecture


March 19 - Be Afraid...Be VERY Afraid


March 18 - The Honeymoon Is Over


March 18 - Buyer Beware


March 18 - Negotiations Update


March 17 - Jo Anderson...Movin' On Up!


March 17 - Pot O' Gold


March 17 - Dialing for Dummies


March 17 - Working Memory


March 16 - Catty Commentary


March 15 - Pull Your Pants Up


March 15 - A Generation of Narcissists


March 15 - Melting Pot or Pressure Cooker


March 14 - Rheeching Out?


March 14 - Impeachment Anyone?


March 13 - IEA RA News


March 13 - Negotiations Update


March 13 - Community Honors Cairo Colts


March 13 - CHS Beta Club...Park Clean-UP


March 12 - Public Service Announcement


March 12 - Speaking of Weird


March 12 - Everybody Loves a Nut


March 12 - Stimulating


March 12 - Obama's Education Address


March 11 - New Music Tuesday


March 11 - What A Drag It Is - Part II


March 11 - What A Drag It Is


March 10 - S.O.B. II


March 9 - S.O.B.


March 9 - Give It Up!


March 9 - Negotiations Update


March 9 - Ya Gotta Have Balls


March 9 - Transients


March 9 - Pastor Murdered During Sermon


March 9 - Lest We Forget


March 8 - AP or Not AP


March 7 - In Loving Memory...Dennis Willis


March 6 - A Word of Advice


March 5 - Age of Composition


March 4 - Arrangements - Dennis Willis


March 4 - We Are Family


March 3 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


March 3 - Prescient


March 3 - A Penny for Your Thoughts


March 3 - Beauty and the Beast


March 3 - Catatonic


March 2 - Anger Management


March 2 - A Riddle


March 2 - The More, The Merrier


March 2 - From the Land Down Under


March 1 - SNAP!


March 1 - Let Them Eat Cake


March 1 - Up, Up and Away


February 28 - Sad News


February 27 - PISA or Pizza?


February 27 - Waste Not Want Not


February 26 - In the News...


February 26 - What's Up With This Sh...tuff?


February 26 - Apology Accepted


February 25 - All Good Things...


February 25 - Bad Economy & Good Health


February 25 - Stand-Up for Education


February 24 - Three Days and Counting...


February 24 - ER


February 24 - AASA Meeting


February 24 - The President and I


February 24 - The 4 R's


February 23 - FOP Meeting


February 23 - Spring Break


February 23 - Ganas


February 23 - Growing Up Too Soon


February 23 - NCLB...AKA...????


February 22 - Book Review - Work Hard. Be Nice


February 21 - My Little Town


February 21 - Are They Crazy?


February 21 - The Show Me State


February 21 - Burris Watch


February 20 - Obituary - Socks The Cat


February 20 - Cairo Citizen


February 20 - Cartoon Controversy


February 20 - No Lunch Left Behind


February 19 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


February 19 - Extra Credit


February 19 - Stress Science


February 18 - Terrible Tragedy


February 18 - Polite Perspective II


February 18 - A Polite Perspective on CSD #1


February 17 - EETT Chopped


February 17 - Daddy Stimulusbucks


February 16 - Man's Inhumanity to Man


February 16 - La mitad de un pan


February 16 - The New Librarians


February 16 - Smartphones Improve Test Scores


February 15 - Middle-School "AP Classes"


February 15 - Grow Your Own


February 15 - Illinois Political Scandals


February 14 - Colts Win Class M Title Game


February 14 - As Time Goes By


February 14 - Back to the Future


February 14 - School Stimulus Update


February 13 - Tragic Accident


February 13 - CJSHS Sports Page


February 13 - Living the Dream


February 13 - CHS - TeamQuest


February 13 - Starbucks Instant


February 12 - Lincoln Bicentennial


February 12 - The Arts


February 12 - Obsessed With Race


February 12 - Cairo Power Problems


February 12 - Another CAT Speaks


February 11 - Cheers


February 11 - Go Away!


February 11 - Ins & Outs of Math


February 10 - Negotiations Update


February 10 - Interview - CAT on the Street


February 8 - Stopped the Presses


February 4 - Rock of Ages


February 3 - DI


February 2 - Groundhog Day


February 1 - School Reopens


February 1 - Winter Storm 2009...Photos


January 31 - Crime & Punishment


January 31 - It's Official...A Disaster


January 31 - Crisis in Cairo


January 31 - OMG


January 31 - Weather Forecast


January 30 - Sleazy


January 30 - CSD #1...Take Note


January 29 - School & Paychecks


January 29 - Four in the Morning...


January 29 - Crack


January 29 - Scooped!


January 27 - Show Us the Money


January 27 - No School...Snow & Ice


January 26 - Living Dolls


January 26 - 100-0


January 26 - Big Mike


January 26 - "Negotiations Forecast"


January 25 - Obama & The Achievement Gap


January 24 - Cursive...Foiled Again


January 23 - KY Coach Indicted for "Heat" Death


January 23 - Trickle Down?


January 23 - Teacher Career Fair


January 22 - School of Hard Knocks


January 20 - Negotiations Update


January 20 - BOE Election Filing Period


January 20 - The Answer to a Prayer?


January 19 - At The Confluence


January 19 - Point of Personal Privilege


January 19 - A-Sorting We Will Go


January 17 - Apples & Oranges


January 17 - COMMON SENSE II


January 16 - A CAT Speaks


January 16 - The Calm Before The Storm


January 15 - Income Eligibility for School Meal Program


January 15 - Obituary...Odies Walker


January 15 - Before & After Pictures


January 15 - Obama Effect II


January 15 - "America I Am"


January 15 - Regular BOE Meeting...Agenda


January 14 - "Obama Effect"


January 14 - Sex (in) Education


January 14 - Solidarity Forever


January 14 - Negotiations Update


January 13 - Thanks But No Thanks


January 13 - Dear Arne


January 12 - WKRO 1490AM


January 12 - Chicago, Chicago...


January 12 - Dog - Bark = Help


January 11 - Teaching Versus Learning


January 10 - Bring in the Clowns


January 9 - IL House Votes to Impeach


January 9 - Negotiations Update


January 9 - A Day In The Life II


January 9 - A Day In The Life


January 8 - Common Sense


January 7 - Eating Crow


January 7 - Kitchen Edition


January 7 - Saving Face


January 6 - Law & Order


January 5 - Special BOE Meeting...Minutes


January 5 - The Joke...


January 5 - Opinion by Clarence Page


January 5 - Talk, Talk, Talk


January 3 - Big Brother...Brother's Keeper


January 3 - What's It All About...


December 31 - 3, 2, 1 ... 1


December 31 - Crazy...Like a Fox


December 31 - To "Curse" or Not to "Curse"...


December 30 - Educators' Conference


December 30 - Chicago...School Reform Model


December 30 - Cairo BOE Election...April 7th


December 29 - Go Jump in the River II


December 29 - Deregulate, Baby, Deregulate


December 29 - Blue School


December 29 - Alopecia Awareness


December 28 - Celebration of Learning


December 28 - He Ain't from 'Round Here


December 27 - Women Are From Venus


December 27 - Recess, Recess...Give Us a Break


December 27 - Go Jump in the River


December 26 - Cairo BOE Election...Petition


December 25 - "Christmas Miracle"


December 25 - Like Cats and Dogs


December 23 - CHS Beta Club Holiday Visit


December 23 - "Closing the Gap" Conference


December 21 - Will You Be My Friend?


December 20 - Terminator Temporarily Terminated


December 20 - The Ghost of Tickets Past


December 19 - Christmas Greeting II


December 18 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


December 18 - Old Wives' Tales


December 18 - School Closings


December 18 - Internet Background Check


December 18 - IEA Action Alert


December 18 - Christmas Greetings I


December 17 - TIME - Person of the Year


December 17 - A Fresh Start


December 17 - Meet Arne Duncan


December 16 - Cairo Man Killed in Traffic Accident


December 16 - Negotiations Update


December 16 - Obama Reveals Education Pick


December 15 - Shelf Life


December 14 - News of the Weird


December 14 - 2008 IASB Meeting


December 13 - Stepford Students


December 12 - Obituary - Paul D. Donnigan


December 12 - IL Constitution 101


December 12 - Caught in the Act


December 11 - CareerForward


December 10 - Fencel Sentenced to 70 Years


December 10 - State of Shame


December 9 - Blessed...


December 9 - Ed Tech & Economic Recovery


December 9 - IL Governor Arrested by Feds


December 7 - Morehouse 'Renaissance Man'


December 6 - Slavery Lesson Controversy


December 5 - Movie Review


December 5 - A-P-A-T-H-Y


December 5 - Negotiations Update


December 5 - The Geek Generation?


December 5 - The Paper Chase


December 4 - P21 & NCTE


December 4 - It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!


December 3 - Pick Your Battles


December 3 - Pension Pooling?


December 3 - Rising College Costs


December 2 - Negotiations Update


December 2 - Media Potatoes


December 2 - A Stink at the Central Office


December 1 - You're in Good Hands...


December 1 - Lie, Cheat and Steal


November 30 - CHS Beta Club Induction


November 29 - Time Magazine...Michelle Rhee


November 28 - Emerson School Receives Literacy Grant


November 26 - Education Project & Cairo Airport


November 25 - Workshop Requests II


November 25 - Promises to Keep...


November 25 - On Golden Parachutes...


November 21 - Asking for Trouble


November 20 - AYP Is Life Threatening


November 20 - Guilty Plea in Brown Bag Murder


November 20 - Fly Me to the Moon II


November 19 - McKelvain Teachers Speak Out


November 19 - CAT President...Swoped!


November 19 - Workshop Requests


November 18 - NCLB...British Style


November 18 - School Disturbance


November 17 - Public Education


November 17 - Great Scot...Feral Children


November 17 - Growth Model


November 16 - Rheeform in DC


November 15 - Negotiations Update


November 14 - Things That Go Cha-Ching!


November 14 - Not A Happy CAT


November 13 - Rescheduled Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


November 13 - Negotiations Update


November 13 - Tenure for Sale?


November 12 - Giving New Meaning...


November 12 - 'Tis the Season


November 12 - Get a Job


November 12 - Save Our School


November 11 - Veterans Day


November 10 - NCLB - Latest Local Lament


November 10 - Obamas - Public or Private


November 9 - Who IS Sarah Palin?


November 7 - Sports and Societal Change


November 7 - Educators React to Election


November 7 - From the Heart(land)


November 6 - April Fool?


November 6 - Designing a Dream


November 6 - Morning in America


November 6 - Speaking from the Heart(land)


November 6 - "Con Con" Con Job


November 5 - Election Results


November 4 - The Sky Is Falling


November 4 - Early Voting Returns


November 4 - Election Day '08


November 3 - Online Grading Systems


November 2 - Incentive to Learn


November 2 - Paradise Found


November 2 - Flood Aid


November 1 - The Morning After


October 31 - Everybody Has Been Swoped


October 31 - "Redneck Woman"


October 31 - Too Good To Be True?


October 30 - The Queen and I


October 29 - Cat in Hat


October 29 - Second "Mediation" Session


October 28 - Every Vote Counts


October 28 - Palin Power...Failure


October 28 - Sad News...


October 27 - Palin Power!


October 26 - From a Jack to a King


October 26 - Delta Sunset?


October 25 - Stranger Than Fiction


October 24 - My "Sniffer"...Vindicated


October 24 - The Smell Test


October 24 - Like a Rolling Stone


October 23 - IEA 2008 Election Guide


October 23 - Sarah...Inside & Out


October 23 - Testing in Harrisburg


October 22 - FOXy Lady


October 21 - Sarah the ...


October 21 - Tomorrow Is Not Promised


October 18 - Ah, Ha, Ha, Ha


October 18 - A Verb Is Born


October 17 - Swopes Responds to Meridian II


October 16 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


October 16 - Swopes Responds to Meridian


October 16 - Tonight's the Night


October 14 - Sad...


October 13 - Economic Crisis...It's George's Fault


October 12 - Whassup in Holcomb MO?


October 12 - Reaping What You Sow


October 10 - MIA


October 9 - Vindication


October 8 - Birds of a Feather


October 7 - They Call Me MISTER Newell


October 6 - A District Out of Control


October 3 - Google Leotis Swopes


October 3 - Swopes Plays Race Card


October 2 - Debate Countdown


October 2 - Gotcha Journalism


October 2 - Sikeston's Got Talent


October 2 - Herrin Has It


October 2 - Negotiations Update


October 1 - Free Sarah Palin!


October 1 - Oops...No Charge


September 30 - Cape Crusaders


September 29 - Honored...Alice Dunn Johnston


September 26 - Obituary - Marlene J. Schultz


September 26 - Cairo Government Ruling


September 26 - Dear Parents...From CSD #1


September 26 - Special BOE Meeting(s)...Minutes


September 25 - Special Cairo-Meridian BOE Meeting


September 25 - A Freudian Slip


September 24 - NCLB...A Failure


September 24 - Must Be Nice...


September 24 - The Breast is Best


September 23 - Only in America...NOT!


September 23 - Who Ya Gonna Call?


September 23 - No Habla Inglés...ELL


September 22 - What's It All About, Alfie?


September 22 - Fuzzy Math


September 22 - Goodbye ACT & SAT?


September 21 - Reminder...CAT Meeting


September 20 - A Parent Speaks Up!


September 19 - Interactive Illinois Report Card


September 19 - Congratulations, Lorenzo


September 19 - If This Flies...


September 19 - Count Your Blessings


September 18 - Regular BOE Meeting...Minutes


September 18 - Fly Me To The Moon...


September 18 - Hazmat Team in Mound City


September 16 - This Just In...


September 16 - First SIP Day


September 15 - In CSD We Trust?


September 13 - Negotiations Update...A Two-Fer


September 12 - Birds of a Feather


September 10 - P21...Time to Retool


September 10 - Presidential Politics & Education


September 9 - P4P...Performance for Pay


September 9 - Negotiations Update


September 8 - Bob Simpson


September 5 - Superintendent Picks New Fight With CAT


September 5 - McCain on Education


September 4 - CSD #1 Community Mobilization Effort


September 4 - CHS Alumni Clean-Up Effort


September 4 - Poplar Bluff School Fire


September 4 - Pocahontas Man?


September 3 - College, Anyone...Everyone?


September 3 - Cupid?


September 2 - Happy Holidays


September 2 - Parents and Education


August 30 - Johnny L. (J.P.) Posey, Jr.


August 30 - Clean-Up Project


August 29 - Reading, 'Riting...Rejection?


August 29 - Bell, Book, and Beretta


August 28 - Obituary - Johnny Lee Posey


August 27 - The Bucket List


August 27 - Friends Don't Let Friends...


August 26 - Education Op-Ed


August 24 - Mickey Mouse Science


August 23 - Book Review


August 22 - Temperature Rising in Trico


August 22 - From Trivial to Tragic


August 21 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


August 21 - The Future of Assessment


August 20 - 2008-2009 Budget


August 20 - Conflict of Interest?


August 18 - When You're Dead at 17...


August 16 - A Teachable Moment


August 15 - YEEHA!


August 15 - Working for the Weekend


August 15 - Legal Self-Help


August 13 - For...Teachers...Staff


August 11 - Brief Flame


August 10 - A Growing Nation


August 9 - A New Beginning


August 9 - NG - Part VII - Conclusion


August 8 - NG - Part VI


August 8 - Let the Sun Shine in...


August 7 - NG - Part V


August 6 - NG - Part IV


August 6 - Stand By Their Man...EV


August 6 - Give It Up


August 6 - Stand By Their Man


August 5 - NG - Part III


August 5 - Name That Rant


August 4 - NG - Part II


August 4 - Dog...Gone


August 3 - Call to Service


August 2 - A Teacher Responds


August 2 - Great Expectations


August 1 - Government Watchdog


August 1 - MO Pain


August 1 - Exercise in a Bottle


July 31 - CSD Community Partnership


July 31 - Contempt of CAT


July 31 - Graduate or Perish


July 30 - Party Poopers


July 30 - I Love LA...NOT!


July 29 - Analog-Digital Switch


July 29 - Cairo - $10,000 Arson Reward


July 28 - Chicago Students to Invade Suburbs


July 28 - One-UPSmanship


July 27 - The Last Lecture


July 27 - Catch Another Wave


July 27 - Redefine Reading?


July 26 - Black Male Graduation Rate


July 24 - Crying Wolf?


July 24 - Can We Talk?


July 23 - Stand By Your Man


July 22 - Blowin' Smoke


July 22 - Keep Hope Alive


July 22 - What Works Finale


July 21 - Burnin' Down the House(s)


July 20 - Sunday Magazine


July 19 - It's Cairo's Fault II


July 19 - It's Cairo's Fault


July 18 - Former CSD Superintendent Passes


July 18 - Retaliation in Marion?


July 17 - Regular BOE Meeting - Minutes


July 17 - Education Campaign Promises


July 16 - 5% and Rising


July 16 - Update on Cairo Fires


July 15 - Damned!


July 14 - Blue Monday


July 13 - Delta Queen


July 11 - Algebra in 8th Grade?


July 11 - Serenity Prayer


July 10 - Christopher Jackson Interview


July 10 - School Calendar Update


July 9 - You Are Not Alone


July 9 - Op-Ed on Reading First


July 7 - What Works - SEI


July 6 - Independence Day


July 5 - "Intimate" Classrooms


July 4 - Keep the Faith


July 4 - Freedom of Speech Case


July 2 - NEA RA Daily Report


July 2 - Dropout Solution or Oxymoron?


July 1 - Special BOE Meeting - Minutes


July 1 - On the NCLB Front



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