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City to install 90 more surveillance cameras near 40 high schools

13 hours ago ago from Clout St

Posted by John Byrne at 2:55 p.m. The city will install another 90 surveillance cameras near 40 public high schools, Mayor Richard Daley announced today. Seventy of the city's 154 high schools already have exterior cameras monitoring them, Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman said. The cameras will be hooked into the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications, as part of Daley's plan to use technology to ...

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Lyons, Niwot high schools tabbed as among best

13 hours ago ago from Longmont Ledger – Longmont, Colorado News and Information : longmontledger.com

December 18, 2009 by Clay Evans Filed under Schools Leave a Comment Two St. Vrain Valley schools, Lyons Middle/Senior and Niwot High, were chosen by U.S. News & World Report in its third annual list of America’s Best High Schools. Both top-performing schools earned silver medals in the magazine’s rankings. U.S. News reviewed 21,786 public high schools across a range of performance indicators, including proficiency standards ...

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U.S. News and World Report gives WHS high ranking

15 hours ago ago from Westlake Picayune

Westlake High School is ranked among the nation’s top high schools, according to the U.S. News and World Report. WHS was honored as a Silver Medal recipient by the publication. A total of 21,786 public high schools in the nation were analyzed in the study, which developed a ranking methodology with three numeric values: college readiness index, poverty-adjusted performance index, and disadvantaged students performance gap. Only ...

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17 hours ago ago from 525,600 minutes

Once again a high school event at work coincided with an event at Grace's preschool (the other time was October 30th for Halloween). Today, it was the high school swing choir and a preschool holiday performance. So I slipped out of work to go see my girl perform with her friends. All I can say is "hysterical" ! I was shocked to find that there were about 40-50 adults present, some equipped with some serious photography and video ...

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21 hours ago ago from Diana's Neighborhood

My Life as a Realtor ~ Day 148: Wednesday exactly 1 week of school left for the kids!  Today, Amanda had her Holiday Sing Along at the New Fairfield High School   In the middle of the performance , the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate the building into the freezing cold!   Fortunately, I waited in my car with the heat and seat warmer on high.  The fire department came and cleared all for us to proceed back into ...

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Some Schools Are Dropping Driver's Ed To Cut Costs : NPR

15 hours ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Some Schools Are Dropping Driver's Ed To Cut Costs by The Associated Press Enlarge Associated Press In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 photo, Ashley Crawford, 16, drives ...

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Some schools are dropping driver's ed to cut costs

15 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Some schools are dropping driver's ed to cut costs MIAMI (AP) -- Beginning driver Ashley Crawford grips the worn gray steering wheel and warily begins maneuvering the 1999 Ford Escort through a set of bright orange traffic cones outside Killian Senior High School. She considers herself lucky: Because of budget cuts, many schools around the country are leaving driver's ed by the side of the road. They are cutting back on behind-the-wheel ...

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