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Episode #148 - September 27th, 2017

Sports enrollment is down. Monica Murphy talks with an area ICCL director, coach and parent to explore the reasons behind this.

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Are we putting too much pressure on kids' sports involvement?

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Sports enrollment is down. Monica Murphy talks with area ICCL directors and parents to explore the reasons behind this.

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Plymouth Community School Corporation Receives Grant for Precision Machining Program

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Plymouth Community School Corporation received an Indiana Education Workforce Innovation Network grant toward the school's Precision Machining program.

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