SCHOOL UPDATES (23 FEBRUARY 2008)

A high school comedy with brains
Boston Globe - United States
The racially variegated school Charlie has landed in is full of insecure and unhappy kids who feel better baring their souls to him in the stalls of the ...
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Schools wait for word on beef
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
The Utah State Office of Education is awaiting instructions from the US Department of Agriculture on how to dispose of beef Utah schools received that is ...
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State: Isolate Store Beef
Hartford Courant - United States
Officials have already determined that 14 Connecticut school districts received beef included in the recall, which was issued after safety violations by the ...
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Meat is a mystery to schools
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
But until 143 million pounds of beef from the company were recalled this week, the Chino Valley Unified School District food director had no idea some of ...
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Seagoville High parents question school's safety after brawl
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By SCOTT GOLDSTEIN / The Dallas Morning News Seagoville High School parents say their children fear for their safety after a string of fights at the school ...
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School skiing trip ends in tragedy for Hayden
Kent Online - United Kingdom
Hayden Waller, a pupil at The Howard School in Rainham, died during a school skiing trip. Speaking from Austria his mother, Hayley, said that she had ...
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City's schools to bury 230 cases of beef
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
School districts across Washington are making plans to destroy hundreds of pounds of beef that are part of a nationwide recall. ...
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High School’s the Same; the Drugs Have Changed
New York Times - United States
A rich kid bounced out of prep school for making fake IDs, Charlie is forced to attend the institution of last resort, the local high school. ...
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Van driver arrested in fatal school bus crash
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
The State Patrol arrested Alianiss N. Morales, the woman driving the van that smashed into a school bus near Cottonwood leaving the four Lakeview School ...
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'We won't impose school oath'
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Education Minister Naledi Pandor on Thursday told parliament the proposed school pledge would not be imposed, and apologised if she had created the wrong ...
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