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SAN BENITO � A charter high school and vocational training program is being expanded to serve 75 or more youthful offenders at a time, using a former branch county tax office as its new home. The Thomas M. Buzbee Career Academy, housed in the Art Goolsby Building, will be the main site for the charter high school program. Academic diplomas will be awarded to graduates, said Tommy Ramirez, chief executive officer of the Darrell B. Hester Cameron County Juvenile Justice Center. A high school equivalency diploma program will be offered for juvenile offenders 16 and older who participate in a variety of vocational training courses, such carpentry and bricklaying, Ramirez said. The program, which will be operated by Gulf Coast Trade Center Inc. of Waverly, Texas, has already been in operation on a very limited basis for four years at the Hester center, Ramirez said.
Dunkin’ Donuts Goes Trans-Fat Free
Dunkin' Donuts announced it will be pretty much trans-fat free by mid October. The company developed alternative cooking oil, and reformulated more than 50 menu items including doughnuts. But the ``zero grams trans fat' label won't mean there is literally no trans fat in their products. Federal regulations state food labels can say ``zero grams trans fat' if there's less than a half gram per serving. sh/ay Dunkin' Donuts
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Black Mold Found In Fort Worth Elementary School
Class starts next week at Bryson Elementary School in Fort Worth, but the entire third grade class, including teachers and students, won't be there.Stachybotrys chartarum, a black-green fungus known as black mold, was found in a wing of the school earlier this month. Stachybotrys is suspected in rare cases of causing serious conditions, including pulmonary hemorrhaging.The mold was found in a wing that was added to the school in 1991.Officials with the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district say the mold isn't affecting the entire school, so only a limited amount of Bryson students will attend the new Comanche Springs Elementary School for the school year.Tuesday morning workers put up a temporary wall to block the mold-infested wing from the rest of the school.Alicia Lytle, whose 8-year-old daughter will have to attend classes at Comanche Springs, told CBS 11 News, "It's a scary thought with the mold you know.
Crossett Board Gets Report On Schools’ Yearly Progress
Items on the agenda at Crossett School Board meeting Monday night, August 13, included the presentation of the Arkansas Adequate Yearly Progress Report, financial report, school board election, rescheduling of school board dates, and personnel actions. Presenting the district's yearly progress report, Steve Garrison, assistant superintendent, announced that Anderson Elementary School met standards for the second consecutive year and will be removed from the school improvement . Daniel Intermediate was in its first year of school improvement last year, Garrison said, adding that this year Daniel also met standards. Falling short last year in math and literacy for African-American population and in math for economically disadvantaged subgroups, Garrison said that if Daniel meets standards again next year that it will also be removed from the improvement list.
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