BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Fourth-grade teacher Beth Prause and parent Faye Neihart talk about Neihart's son's essay comparing his father to Sen. John Kerry during the first parent-teacher conference of the year. As part of the conference, new standard-based report cards were issued.

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New grading system used in report cards

• By ncs-import
• October 31, 2004