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• U.S. schools have a lesson plan for a pandemic (Reuters)
• State flunks Calif schools' extended year plan (AP)
• NYC school nurse recounts swine flu triage (AP)
• Sentencing delayed in Texas 'fight club' case (AP)
• Blast outside school in Afghanistan kills 15 (Reuters)
• Audit finds states using stimulus to stay afloat (AP)

U.S. schools have a lesson plan for a pandemic (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - Planning helped but it was improvisation using cell phones and sticky notes that enabled school nurse Mary Pappas to cope when the U.S. swine flu epidemic started in her tiny office in April.

State flunks Calif schools' extended year plan (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - State education officials have given a failing grade to a plan by two Southern California elementary schools to use extended summer sessions to make up for lost class time.

NYC school nurse recounts swine flu triage (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 11:47 AM PDT AP - The line of sick students outside school nurse Mary Pappas' door was too long. So she thrust thermometers and a pad of Post-It notes at a security guard: Take their temperatures and slap the numbers on their chests.

Sentencing delayed in Texas 'fight club' case (AP) Posted: 09 Jul 2009 11:12 AM PDT AP - A judge's illness has forced the postponement of the sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to abusing residents at a Texas facility for the developmentally disabled.

Blast outside school in Afghanistan kills 15 (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:14 PM PDT Reuters - An explosion outside a school south of the Afghan capital on Thursday killed at least 15 people, including 12 students, an official said.

Audit finds states using stimulus to stay afloat (AP) Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:24 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration hoped spending $787 billion in stimulus would jump-start the economy, build new schools and usher in an era of education reform. So far, government auditors say, many states are setting aside such grand plans and simply trying to stay afloat.

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