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FESTIVE spirit has spread throughout Haddington, after businesses were encouraged to light up their windows ahead of Christmas.

"It didn't sit right with me," said Brannen, who is the junior class president. Belmond-Klemme junior Zackry Brennan speaks to the school board during the public forum on April 15. Jaci Smith What didn't sit right, according to Brannen, was the fact that district administrators were seeking to remove from bargaining all non state-mandated items, leaving teacher base pay as the lone item to negotiate. All other items, according to a state law passed in 2017, including longevity or education pay, holidays, overtime, sick or bereavement time, workloads and employment hour...

Special ties have been presented to pupils to recognise a wide array of successes. Achievement ties for each of the school’s houses – Garleton, Lammerlaw and Traprain – were established last year. Now, more than 20 pupils have received either achievement ties or endeavour certificates to mark their efforts. Sue Cook, headteacher at the Haddington secondary school, said: “The achievement ties and endeavour certificates are a great way of recognising and rewarding our young people for demonstrating our school values of ambition and community. “This term, these have been pres...