Graduation goals guide school supports for all students
School leaders address changing graduation rates with social workers and targeted programs to identify struggling students and uncover underlying reasons. They stress that education is about more than test scores, aiming for every student to graduate and succeed despite ongoing challenges.
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Chester Mental Health Center a dangerous workplace says official
Petersen notes assaults on staff are nearly daily at Chester Mental Health Center with long shifts leaving workers less sharp. Smith from Illinois DHS cites staff and patient declines since 2008, reports 132 injuries in 2012 down from 170 in 2011, and defends overtime as a safety tool while promising reductions through realigned shifts and added aides.
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Cooler weather aids fight against fire near Camarillo
A large Santa Monica Mountains wildfire in Ventura and Los Angeles counties grew calmer as cooler humid air reduced activity. About 2,000 firefighters used engines, bulldozers and aircraft to contain 43 square miles while 15 homes were damaged and evacuations remained in place.
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Alabama moves forward on Scottsboro Boys pardons
Alabama lawmakers cleared posthumous pardons for the Scottsboro Nine, but work remains. Applications must show social injustice remedy, hearings held, and official exoneration recognized. Activists anticipate filings from Jackson County officials and university researchers as burial sites for five remain unknown.
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