Jan
23
Girls learn lesson not found in manual; Fake $20s used to buy scout cookies
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By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
PORT ST. LUCIE - A troop of Junior Girl Scouts has learned a harsh lesson about the grown-up business world: When you sell people cookies, check the color of their money.
In this case, it turned out to be counterfeit - the first case that city police can recall where [...]
Jan
6
By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
At Indiantown Middle School in rural Martin County, many children who grew up in poverty, speaking Spanish or Kanjobal, an unwritten Mayan dialect, are earning better writing scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test than some schools in affluent communities such as Wellington and Boca Raton.
In a perfect, egalitarian world, that accomplishment would [...]