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2004-2005

Teens' sexy clothes too hot for some student teachers Issue back on school board agenda
...Gin Yee, who represents Dartmouth Centre-Albro Lake, said a dress code would "lead to a positive environment in our classrooms."...

Parents, students at Bicentennial School can track grades online
"Mom, the dog ate my report card” won’t cut it any more as an excuse for putting off bad news. This is the computer age, after all. Bicentennial School in Dartmouth is now posting all of its students’ marks on the Internet. “We have a web-based marking system that’s available to students...

School board sworn in
Nova Scotia students should be given standardized tests in math and literacy every year, says the new head of the Halifax Regional School Board. Wade Marshall made the comment last night moments after he was elected chairman of the latest edition of the board.

Test annually, says new board chairman
Cost of more provincial exams well worth it, Marshall asserts

Women, Yee change face of Halifax board
 If election results hold, it looks like the Halifax regional school board will have more women at the table and a little extra ethnic diversity. There could be as many as eight women among 13 members of the new board. And the region could have its first board member of Asian descent.

 School board will get lots of new faces
...Gin Yee, 27, will be the youngest board member. This was his second attempt to get on the board, and he beat out five others in District 6, Dartmouth Centre-Albro Lake, to do it.

Who Wants to be School Board Member for District 6
 I am proud to say that I was born and raised in Dartmouth. I have received 13 years of quality education from the public school system and I want to give back to that system by serving as your School Board Representative.

Systems administrator announces candidacy
A senior systems administrator for a pharmaceutical website hopes to give Halifax regional school board a shot in the arm.

Gin Yee seeks school board seat
Gin Yee is a candidate for the Halifax Regional School Board, District Six, Dartmouth Centre / Albro Lake - Harbourview.

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