this point," but "let's just discuss how it benefits teachers to have this system in place and what supports are necessary, because of how they rate, to help."

This isn't the first time there has been a roadblock in the Gates grant or in union-district relations, but the grant has continued so far.

In 2011, the district was unable to open the new Teacher Academy, in which the district would have trained new teachers who were uncertified as part of the effective teachers plan.

The district couldn't get the union to agree to hiring untrained teachers while furloughs of existing teachers were taking place.

In 2012, the union and Ms. Lane disagreed over which teachers should be laid off.

Ms. Lane wanted to lessen the role seniority plays in layoffs. The union wantedruling that CBD, a compound in the drug, can be sold as a medicine with the correct licence. However, cannabis oil, which contains THC - the compound that causes high, is strictly illegal.

Ms Mani, from Birmingham, found a lump in her breast in March 2017 and soon after was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Doctors offered her chemotherapy, but she refused after it failed to keep her sister alive.

After researching alternative treatments online, she stumbled across cannabis oil and its reported benefits.

She then found a local supplier which cost her £22 a month and started taking the 'revolting' cannabis oil once every evening.

Ms Mani, who now lives in Cape Verde, claims that by August she was given the all-clear by doctors. She also changed her diet and started meditation.

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