WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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Following major electoral victories for marijuana legalization around the country, police in the Bloomington area have made two large weed-related busts; The Indiana Department of Education released their A through F school grades for 2016 today; The Monroe County Public Library is working to keep its wages and salaries up to local market rates; The Monroe County Solid Waste Management District is working to limit what it accepts as bulky items; Hoosiers ages 55 and older recently
gave low scores to Indiana in a survey on the well-being of its elder citizens.
FEATURE
Graduation rates at Monroe County high schools are higher than at most
other schools around Indiana. But school officials say they won’t be
satisfied until 100 percent of their high school seniors receive their
diplomas. That’s why they’re working to implement a program called
Communities In Schools to help address non-instructional issues that
often become obstacles to completing high school. Assistant News Director
Sarah Vaughan spoke with Vivian Ashmali, the director of Communities in
Schools of Indiana, and local MCCSC Grant Specialist Carol Gardiner about
the program. Gardiner says getting community buy-in was crucial to being
able to get support from the state Communities in Schools program.
Gardiner says the Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County
have committed to being sponsors for the program. For more information
about Communities In Schools, go to Communitiesinschools.org.
INS AND OUTS OF MONEY
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CREDITS
Anchors: Don Geyra and Carolin VandeWiele
Today’s headlines were written by Jerrod Dill, Leah Carter, Joe Crawford
and Cathi Norton along with Sarah Vaughan for CATSweek, a partnership
with Community Access Television Services.
The Ins and Outs of Money is produced by Ryan Stacy and Associate
Producer Kristina Wiltsee. It’s part of the It’s Your Money Project at
Monroe County Public Library.
Our engineer is Rob Schoon.
Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
Executive Producer is Joe Crawford.
