Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label schools. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes Set to Have Album Released

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, the late rapper of the group TLC, is going to have a solo album released on November 11th that is based on her past recordings that have never before been released. Funds from the album will to the Lopes’ foundation, which helps build orphanages and schools in Honduras. Lopes died on April 25, 2002 in Honduras from a fatal car crash.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Elementary Schools Weighing Students

In Georgia, a new state law is requiring schools to weigh students twice each year, track their body mass index, and post the information on their websites in an effort to try to get a control over childhood obesity. Some people feel that this is an invasion of the children’s privacy and could be traumatic for the kids.