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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Car crashes through school windows
A stolen car lost control early today and crashed through the windows of the “auditeria,” a combined auditorium and cafeteria, at Wogaman Elementary School, a building under construction at 920 McArthur St.
Dayton Public Schools’ construction chief John Carr said the car ended up on the stage and a blood trail suggests the car thief, apparently barefoot, ran down a hallway and exited out a side door just after midnight. No suspects were caught.
Carr said the damage shouldn’t delay the school’s planned opening on Oct. 30. He estimated the repair costs at under $20,000 and said insurance should cover the repairs.
“It sounds worse than it is. Most of it will be cosmetic,” he said.
For the schedule of school openings in Dayton, go here and for the complete list of what schools will be rebuilt, go here.
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What kids know about Sept. 11
Andy at Pass-Ed is hosting this week’s Carnival of Education. You can find my “Village People” edition of the carnival from last week here. This week, Andy included my post about Ohio, testing and cheating.
I found a post from Andy’s round up at Just a Substitute Teacher’s Blog about Sept. 11 particularly interesting. Just A Sub was teaching a second grade class on Monday and asked the kids what they knew about why the school was holding a moment of silence. Apparently all or most of them had no idea.
I guess I’m amazed that could be true. My oldest daughter is in second grade. She knows plenty about Sept. 11. She’s read about it in the paper, seen news of the anniversary on T.V. and when she had questions we talked about what happened that day in 2001.
Are the kids in Just a Sub’s class really that out of touch? Are their parents intentionally shielding them from the realities of the world they live in?
Just a Sub decided not to try to explain it all to the kids. That’s probably a good self-protection decision. But shouldn’t SOMEBODY tell them?
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