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Mudslide rescuers return to grim duty Page 1B Leon County Schools is trying to beat our legislators to the punch in guaranteeing all its elementary students 20 minutes of unstructured free-play recess per day. Bills in the House and Senate promising kindergartners through fifth-graders recess have gained traction, with passage more than likely. But LCS is rounding the corner on adopting its own policy, with a bit of extra language that district administrator Alan Cox says gives teachers some Previously, according to Cox, the only directive on recess pertaining to elementary schools in LCS policy stated that the elementary level, recess periods are highly Cox, who drafted the new recess policy, discussed at the March 28 school board meeting why the district wanted to make its own policy. Cox said the LCS specific language makes recess mandatory in limited circumstances, when in the professional judgment of the teacher or administrator it is not The policy has just begun the required 30-day period of public advertisement all new LCS policies must undergo, and will be brought before the District Advisory Council for final approval on May 9. According to Cox, about 13 other states 0 1240901050 4 $1.50 See 2A for pricing details MAIN NUMBER 850-599-2100 CIRCULATION 800-999-2271 ADVERTISING 599-2210, 671-6544 NEWS TIP HOTLINE 850-599-2170 Vol.

112, Issue No. 93, Part of the USA TODAY Network Copyright 2017 Tallahassee Democrat Breaking news on your cell phone Download our mobile app in the iPhone App Store or Google Play NEWS ON THE GO Get headlines delivered to your inbox by visiting Tallahassee.com/news- letters. Or get the latest news on your mobile device at m.tdo.com PROMOTING DEMOCRACY SINCE 1905 INSIDE WEATHER Today: 83 Tonight: 66 Rain: Full forecast German superstar violinist Anne- Sophie Mutter plays fast, thinks fast and talks fast. Two of those traits will come in handy when Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis get in syncduring the brisk opening number for their recital on Tuesday night in Ruby Diamond Concert Concert Hall. called by contemporary composer Sebastian Currier.

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Tallahassee.com Workers, gather up. Iasked. You responded. More than 47 individual messages flowed into my mailbox. Adozen phone calls and a bunch of discarded rants aimed at settling scores in office political battles were received.

The response was unexpected and fruitful. not just no pay raise that has state workers upset about what they think is a raw deal. Three respondents pointed out that per diem also has been frozen at $36 since the Great Recession. Compare that with the federal rate, which has increased 44 percent to $52 since 2007. And a handful reported they had worked for a city or another state before going to work for the state of Florida.

One California veteran wrote he was how poorly state workers here are treated. (That) managers make accusations with no data to back it up (and) people are harassed into Oh, please do tell more. We do have examples of nepotism to check, but the examples of despotism that look promising. slowly gathering material for a series thinking of pitching as Behaving Bizarrely And then there are some interesting workarounds agencies are doing to provide pay increases to workers who have lost 20 percent of their income to inflation since the last across-the-board pay hike. got some work to do James Call DEMOCRAT CAPITOL REPORTER JOE Children enjoy recess last week at Gilchrist Elementary School.

LCS IN RACE TO ENSURE RECESS School system seeks own policy as legislators consider theirs RYAN DAILEY DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER GETTY IMAGES Smashing start Giants pitcher hits 2 home runs in losing effort. Sports, 1D.