DAN CEPEDA/Star-Tribune Alice McNamee of the Natrona County Education Association talks on her phone in her office recently in Casper. McNamee is one of many Natrona County educators voicing their concern about certain requirements in the No Child Left Behind act.
NCHS art teachers, from the left, Dennis Howell, Brad Cool and Pat Hopkins discuss the coming school year on Monday, while Ashtan Christensen looks on. (Jake Mitchell/Star-Tribune)
CY Junior High teacher Melanie Boyes asks students in her 9th-grade language arts class to say the first thing they think of after seeing the images on the cards she's holding during a lesson on symbolism Thursday. Boyes was recently named the Natrona County School District's teacher of the year. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune.
Evansville fifth-grade teacher Amy Radden helps Jonathan Nelson, 12, left, and Harley Wilson, 10, with their science lesson on Newton's Laws of Motion on Thursday. Radden was recently awarded a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. (Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune)
Linda Snyder plays the piano for her pre-kindergarten class as they sing the weather conditions at North Casper Elementary Friday morning. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Kindergarten teacher Barb Maguire works with Ryan Gray on a 'sorting and graphing' lesson using drawings and candy during class at Park Elementary School in Casper last week. Photo by DAN CEPEDA, Star-Tribune.
Wyoming National Guard Staff Sgt. and Douglas Middle School history teacher, Evan Bock, helps his student, Jaaron Rittel try on his flak jacket during class in early April. Bock, who will be deploying to the Middle East, showed his classes a slide show of photos from his second deployment in 2004 to Kuwait, so they wouldn't worry too much about him. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Tracy Lacombe hugs her daughter, Katie, 10, while meeting her new fifth-grade teacher Caroline Mooren for the first time on Monday morning at Manor Heights Elementary School in Casper. Mooren, who graduated from the University of Wyoming, started her first full-time teaching job this year. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune.
Isaac Hunstable, who previously lived in Washington state, raises his hand to answer a question in his third-grade class at University Park Elementary in Casper on Friday. Wyoming's booming economy presents its schools with an interesting challenge - how to prepare out-of-state students for standardized tests. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Paulette Davis reacts in Roswell, Ga., on Wednesday to the news that a man was arrested in Thailand in connection with the 1996 slaying of her niece JonBenet Ramsey. Ric Feld, AP
Isaac Hunstable, who previously lived in Washington state, raises his hand to answer a question in his third-grade class at University Park Elementary in Casper on Friday. Wyoming's booming economy presents its schools with an interesting challenge - how to prepare out-of-state students for standardized tests. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
Diamond Forbes reads Jayson Foley's valedictorian speech while the senior class runs through a graduation practice in mid-May. Diamond was one of 12 students graduating in 2009 from Kaycee High School. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
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