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UT board OK's Moline's plan to leave BHASED
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The United Township High School board voted Monday night to approve the Moline School District's request to leave the Black Hawk Area Special Education District. The special education district includes 14 school districts in Rock Island, Henry and Mercer counties that share the cost of providing services to students with emotional, cognitive or physical disabilities. For decades, the Moline School District provided administration for the center; many of its teachers and staff are Moline district employees. In December, the Moline-Coal Valley School District board approved a number of cost-saving measures, including leaving BHASED in the 2014-2015 school year. Leaving the special education district is expected to save Moline schools about $1 million, with Moline schools planning to care for its own students. UT's vote Monday was 4-1, with Sue A. Ickes voting against the approval, Wendy Verschoore abstaining and Donald J. Sproul not present. UT superintendent Jay Morrow said the special education district's bylaws require all members to vote on Moline's request. If any school district votes no, the matter will go before the Rock Island County Regional Board of School Trustees. Mr. Morrow told UT's board Monday night that the Moline district gave proper notice and nothing in the BHASED bylaws gave a reason to reject the request. UT board members on Monday also voted unanimously to conduct a consolidation study with most of the elementary districts whose students attend UT. Mr. Morrow said the study will look at three possible scenarios: a joint elementary district, a combined district including United Township, or districts remaining independent with shared services.Each participating district will have to pay about $900 for the study, with the remaining $7,500 paid by the state. The Hampton School District would not be part of a merger.That district's officials have expressed criticism of a possible merger. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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