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Newport (Ky.) High School's dilemma over what to do with a human skeleton has been resolved.



Biology and anatomy teachers used the skeleton as a teaching aid from the 1970s to the 1980s, but stopped using it in the past decade or so, said Roger VonStrohe, who worked at the school in various positions, including principal, during much of that time.

A local doctor donated the skeleton, reputed to be the doctor's medical school cadaver, Mr. VonStrohe said. It was a "very effective...

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