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Black college students extra harshly disciplined in Victor Valley excessive colleges, feds say

by Oktavina
Khan, Irfan –– B582213710Z.1 VICTORVILLE, CA, July 03, 2012 ––– A pedestrian crosses 7th. Street in old town area of ​​Victorville. City is teetering on the brink of financial ruin due to some bad financial investments. Green Tree golf course, where the city dumped a ton of money into the club house, the old airbase, the old plane boneyard and an abandoned house that city paid $375,000 are some of many bad financial decisions that put into trouble.(Irfan Khan/ Los Angeles Times)

Seventh Road within the outdated city space of ​​Victorville, Calif., the place a number of colleges within the Victor Valley Union Excessive Faculty District are situated. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Instances)

The Victor Valley Union Excessive Faculty District disciplined Black college students extra harshly than others and has agreed to rectify its historical past of discriminatory practices, the US Division of Schooling introduced Tuesday.

The report by the division’s Workplace for Civil Rights revealed one principal within the Inland Empire district instructed investigators that Black college students are disciplined extra as a result of they’re “loud” and it is

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On-line Driving Programs – RoSPA Office Security Weblog

by Oktavina

Within the UK, one of many few development sectors throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has been transportation companies and specifically, meals supply.

By the tip of March 2020, income within the UK on-line groceries supply section was up by 11.5% in contrast with Jan-March within the earlier yr. Regardless of the quantity of site visitors on our roads falling to ranges not seen since 1955 throughout the pandemic, the variety of folks driving for work to ship meals and different objects has elevated.

In the identical month, Tesco added greater than 200 new vans and employed one other 2,500 drivers. Different

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After preliminary plans got here in $20M excessive, Mitchell Board of Schooling to get take a look at revised highschool plans

by Oktavina

Aug. 7—MITCHELL — The Mitchell Board of Schooling will get a take a look at a second spherical of plans for the proposed new highschool constructing when it convenes for its subsequent assembly Monday night, Aug. 8.

The assembly, which is open to the general public, will probably be held in Room 10 on the Mitchell Profession & Technical Schooling Academy. The assembly is scheduled to start at 5 pm

The board is anticipated to listen to from Robin Miller, supervisor architect for Schemmer — an Omaha, Nebraska-based structure agency with places of work in Sioux Falls that’s engaged on

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Berea teen skips high school, enrolls at Baldwin Wallace

by Oktavina

Advice from a BW physics professor helped gifted junior high school student William Warren decide to forego high school and go straight to college.

BEREA, Ohio — One motivated local middle school student will never make it to high school. That’s because he skipped it and went straight to college! There are plenty of smart, ambitious freshman at Baldwin Wallace, but only intellectually-gifted Berea teen William Warren celebrated a 14th birthday.

Warren says for most of his life he struggled to stay engaged and fulfilled in his own school grade. It’s safe to say he is obsessed with the science

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Former Australian Medical Association President Says COVID Vaccines Are Much More Dangerous Than Thought

by Oktavina

December 21, 2022 · 6:52 AM

The various available vaccines, possibly even different batches from the same manufacturer, have different adverse effect profiles

From News.com.au:

Former federal MP [Member of Parliament?] Dr Kerryn Phelps has revealed he and his wife both suffered serious and ongoing injuries from Covid vaccines, while suggesting the true rate of adverse events is far higher than acknowledged due to underreporting and “threats” from medical regulators.

In an explosive submission to Parliament’s Long Covid inquiry, the former Australian Medical Association (AMA) president has broken her silence about the “devastating” experience — emerging as the most prominent

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Nevada State Board of Education discusses possible later start time for high school students

by Oktavina

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – School start times for Clark County high school students were discussed Thursday with the Nevada Board of Education.

School starts at 7:20 am for students and some parents say it is too early. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, 8:30 am is the best time for middle and high school students to give the right amount of sleep needed.

California was the first state to implement later school start times but other states like Alaska, New York, New Jersey and Tennessee have proposed similar legislation.

Advocates for a later start say academic performance improves

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Students hoping to become WVa teachers can seek scholarships

by Oktavina

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — High school seniors who are interested in becoming teachers in West Virginia have until the end of the month to apply for a state-sponsored college scholarship.

The Underwood-Smith Teaching Scholars Program provides up to $10,000 per year, for a total of $40,000, for 25 new students each year from a pool of applicants nationally, the Higher Education Policy Commission said in a news release.

“Across our state and the country, we’re looking for the best and brightest high school students who are ready to inspire future students — just like their own teachers have inspired them,”

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Is It Time to Cut Back on Alcohol?

by Oktavina

December 12, 2022 · 7:00 AM

“Is the room spinning, or is it just me?”

A few months ago I ran across a thoughtful article by Morris van de Camp entitled Love Drinking Less. It’s well worth a read if your alcohol consumption is out of control or heading that way.

Alcohol is a two-edged sword. On the one hand it makes life fun and turns strangers into intimate friends in the course of an evening; on the other, it makes a person dysfunctional. Very dysfunctional. Productive time is lost, relationships are damaged, and health is harmed.

I cannot say

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