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There has been tremendous misinformation regarding the issue of permits the city of Tustin is requiring from Tustin Unified School District. First of all, these permits for storm water management are an important part of a regional plan to reduce pollutants that run into our ocean and beaches. They verify that the new storm drain system will a) prevent health and safety hazards resulting from rainwater and b) connect properly with the city's existing storm runoff system.  

Making the leap from under-20 academy rugby league to tangling with the likes of Melbourne Storm and the Leeds Rhinos in a matter of weeks may seem far-fetched, but Feltham teenager Max Edwards is blazing that trail. The 19-year-old recently found himself thrown in at the deep end as starting stand-off in Harlequins RL's two high-profile fixtures. And the burly back admits he has been left stunned by the unfolding events.

I was not expecting to get anywhere near the first team this season to be honest.   -Max Edwards

 

March 16, 2010 -- A U.S. judge says Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit filed by the ex-headmistress of her girls school in South Africa. The case is now set for trial on March 29 in Philadelphia. Judge Eduardo Robreno refused to dismiss the suit in a decision Monday.  

The National Association of School Resource Officers ( NASRO ) today announced that it has extended the entry deadline for the 2010 Wren Solutions School Resource Officer (SRO) Scholarship Award. Nominations will now be accepted until May 1, 2010 . The award is part of a $10,000 donation that Wren , providers of physical security solutions that create safe learning environments, pledged over a four year time period.  

The company said Tuesday it will remove full-calorie, sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012, marking the first such move by a major soft drink producer. Both Pepsi (PEP) , the world's second-biggest soft drink maker, and No. 1 player Coca-Cola adopted guidelines to stop selling sugary drinks in U.S. schools in 2006. The World Heart Federation has been negotiating with soft drink makers to have them remove sugary beverages from schools for the past year as it looks to fight a

It may be not so well known in the U.S. how intensive the marketing of soft drinks is in so many countries   -Pekka Puska

 

Jesup Community School has received 35 new requests for students to open enroll into the school district. March 1 was the open enrollment deadline. According to Jesup School Supt. Nathan Marting, seven or eight of those requests are for kindergarten students.  

 

More than 20 Clay County Sheriff's Office deputies and detectives responded to the hoax "shots fired" call at 9:07a.m. School administrators locked down all the classrooms until the entire campus was checked shortly after 9:30 a.m. and the all clear was given, said Mary Justino, Sheriff's Office spokesperson. Detectives believe one of the two male students charged in the incident stole a female student's cell phone while on a school bus in the morning and then gave it to another male student who made the  

Angelina Jolie donated $75,000 to build a primary school for girls in Tangi, Afghanistan where the education facilities were once unsuitable for girls. The new school with eight classrooms can accommodate up to 800 girls in two shifts which is amazing for the education of women in the country. Says a local teacher: "This is what we needed here and I believe there is a need for every community if we want to build the future of our country – to build schools and get education."