Schools slow in meeting low fat lunch standards
Public Voice says many districts in California Florida Massachusetts and New York seek one to two year waivers delaying the 30 percent fat and 10 percent saturated fat limits. Officials cite computer program costs and recipe standardization as holding up full compliance while vowing ongoing improvements.
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Florida
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New York
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Ellen Haas
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Censorship in Schools Slows but Persists Across 1995 96
A study by People For The American Way shows 300 censorship attempts in the 1995 96 school year, down 11 percent from the prior year. Censorship success fell to 41 percent from 50 percent, with objections over profanity 24 percent and anti Christian or non Christian content 16 percent. AWrinkle in Time drew objections for demon worship and mysticism while Huck Finn faced objections over racial language and stereotypes. Kristin Hansen of the Family Research Council dismissed the findings.
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John Steinbeck
Maya Angelou
The
American Way
Madeleine L'Engle
Mark Twain
Kristin Hansen
Family Research Council
Private high school in Chicago offers work-study tuition model
In Chicago's southwest side Gustavo Rodriguez, 16, joins the first class at Christo Rey, a bilingual Catholic high school opening this month. The school will place 150 students in entry level jobs at 30 area businesses to fund tuition, a model praised by National Catholic Education Association officials as making private education accessible to families who cannot afford it. Rodriguez is one of six children, four at home.
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Christo Rey
John Foley
Christo
Pay By Mail subscription option for Arkansas newspaper
The paper introduces a Pay By Mail plan allowing long term payments of 3 6 or 12 months directly to the newspaper office and credits carriers. It offers vacation service credits and permanent computer record keeping, inviting readers to mail a form and payment to the Circulation Department in Aiken South Carolina.
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