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Going online keeps students in line; West Bend principal says staff blogs, penalty system decrease behavioral problems
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West Bend A new principal says the use of electronic
communication among staff members has helped reduce student
behavioral problems by 66% in one year.
At the same time, a new system for disciplining students also
helped reduce the number of Badger Middle School students sent to the
dean's office because of misbehavior, said first-year principal Ted
Neitzke, 34. But the use of a daily "blog" an adaptation of e-mails
shared among teachers and other staff was perhaps more important,
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