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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
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State ed board rejects effort to permanently abandon health education standards
- Joe Dejka Omaha World-Herald
- Feb 4, 2022
- Feb 4, 2022 Updated Mar 12, 2022
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Edmae Swain started her first day as the first Black woman principal in the Omaha Public Schools on Sept. 8, 1964.
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Nebraska State Board of Education member Kirk Penner will not seek reelection for the District 5 seat.
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