June 5, 1985

But the report, which was funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, also points out that there are not enough programs to meet the increased demand.

During the colder months, the all-electric, 1,000-student Hoosac Valley High School is battered by strong northwestern winds and often runs up a monthly electric bill in excess of $20,000. Because the3school sits on a hillside that faces west, the wind whisks down the face of the mountain on the opposite side, across the valley floor, and right smack into it.

In February, the school district had advertised in the English-language Mexico City News, encouraging readers to apply for teaching positions. (See Education Week, Feb. 27, 1985.)

The National College Counseling Project intends to complete a monograph by the summer of 1986 on developing effective college-counseling programs.

Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,

The majority of the television winners represented public-broadcasting or cable organizations. "At a time when more than 30 syndicated programs have been developed by toy companies to promote their toy lines, there is little incentive for commercial stations to provide locally produced shows for young people," said Peggy Charren, president of act.

In late May, the high court stayed the ruling of Judge Marsha D. Anthony of the state district court in Houston, who had found the rule unconstitutional. Attorney General Jim Mattox asked the high court to intervene in the case to reconcile Judge Anthony's decision and an opposing judgment by another lower court.

Joe Taylor, assistant superintendent in charge of purchasing for the Pike County School District, said officials from the department's office of the inspector general have subpoenaed all files relating to use of federal flood-relief funds in the district since l977.

The authorities have accused the six seniors and one junior, who called themselves the Legion of Doom, of blowing up a car with a pipe bomb, threatening another student with a gun, vandalism, and other acts of violence against students attending the Paschal High School, where the suspects were enrolled.

According to the New York Times columnist William Safire, the lawyer, Paul D. Grossman, acted on a complaint objecting to sexist words in the catalog--words such as manpower development, mankind, and grantsmanship.

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The report released by the New York City Board of Education said that 11.4 percent of the city's public high-school students dropped out in the 1983-84 school year, the same proportion as the previous year.

The publicity efforts, to be coordinated by 22 local vocational-education leaders, will include identifying 15 to 30 major businesses and industries statewide that would be willing to sponsor advertising on vocational education in inserts and special-feature sections of newspapers.

In Bruce Stein and Martha Dahlinger v. Plainwell Community School, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Gibson rejected arguments by the American Civil Liberties Union that the use of benedictions at a public-school commencement ceremony violates the First Amendment's establishment clause.

"It's a matter of priorities," said Judi Moran, assistant director of communications for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. If a student can foot the "exorbitant expenses" of prom festivities, that money ought to be spent on tuition, Ms. Moran said.

The case, North East Independent School District v. Findeisen (Case No. 84-1607), stemmed from the August 1981 resignation of a tenured San Antonio-area teacher. The teacher was hired in 1977 to teach science at the high-school level but was transferred to a middle school in 1980.