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The three bombs — sticks of dynamite wrapped around a timer — exploded before dawn on May 5 outside a Kallithea district police station, destroying part of that structure and nearby cars and shops but injuring no one.

The day before, on April 2, I had gone to a Goodwill store in the city of Orange and purchased a disguise, clothes that would have suited any bum wandering around nearby MacArthur Park or the broken - bottle district of downtown L.A.: a $ 5 pair of baggy brown pants, marked down to $ 2.50, whose cuffs scraped the floor; a large gold shirt for $ 3; a white tie, with a bright yellow stain, for 15 cents; a pair of brown shoes, which I wore without socks or laces, for $ 5; and the ugliest sports coat in the store, a black number with red and white flecks, for $ 2.50.

After months of meetings and a lot of brainstorming in between, Naperville Park District board members determined this week that their programming needs and long - term goals would be best served by building a permanent site on a 95th Street recreation campus rather than leasing space inside a proposed $ 18.6 million library scheduled to be built nearby.

Currently, the only Park District facility open to in - line hockey is a modified tennis court at nearby Mead Park on the village's east side.

An alarm was called about 1:30 p.m. for a fire in a prairie on 151st Street between Wolf and Will Cook Roads in Orland Park, and the Orland Fire Protection District was helped by five nearby departments before the blaze was put out two hours later.

Already science students at nearby Deerfield High School are keeping tabs on water quality by testing it monthly, and the Highland Park Park District is working on an educational program for the slough.

Still, increased traffic, how storm water would be diverted, the impact of the Park District facility on nearby property values and whether residents want a new recreational facility at all were some of the concerns expressed by residents.

On June 20, early in the morning, vandals were able to start up a piece of heavy equipment at a nearby construction site and use it to knock over the statue and its granite pedestal, Park District spokesman Julian Green said.

But though the Park District center has been a success, noise has been a problem for some nearby homeowners, and parking has fallen short on days when the pool is brimming with swimmers.

As an example, the last mayor of a nearby town foresaw the problems that «enforcing» changes to the town's main street (1 less car way, and more parking space), would cause to his reputation, so he made public, electronic poll (with voting stations on public spaces) on that district (and lost).

In a statement, Andrew Berman, the executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, called on City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to either reject the rezoning or approve it in conjunction with the creation of a nearby historic district, known as the South Village Historic Ddistrict, known as the South Village Historic DistrictDistrict.

Standing in the heart of Buffalo's Canalside district, Congressmen Brian Higgins competed with the sounds of construction on the Skyway above and a future museum nearby as he called for defined plans for the future of the city's waterfront.

In the nearby Seventh District, Adam Haber, a Democrat and local businessman, was beaten by Elaine Phillips, the Republican mayor of the village of Flower Hill, on the North Shore.

A new school is on its way in District 10, but will it alleviate all the overcrowding problems in schools nearby?

Later in the day, Rep. Sean Maloney, a Democrat representing the nearby 18th Congressional District, tweeted, «Hey @RepJohnFaso could you turn your phones on?

Imagine the catastrophic effect it will have on the property value of nearby homeowners, and the resulting tax revenue calamity for the Town of Gardiner, Ulster County & The local School Districts!

The Southern Cayuga Central School District in upstate New York, which based its case on nearby landmarks like Seneca Falls, regarded as the birthplace of the women's rights movement.

In the Spring 2018 issue cover story, we present evidence on the spillover effects of charter schools on nearby district - school students.

In a 2015 report, Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that the average charter - school student in the Bay Area attained significantly more growth in reading and math than similar students in nearby district schools — and that this difference increased the longer he or she stayed in a charter school.

Mr. Frailey, 41, is an assistant superintendent of the 32,000 - student Spring Branch school district in suburban Houston and serves on the school board of the nearby 68,000 - student Cypress - Fairbanks district.

We found that attrition and replacement patterns could not explain most of KIPP's positive effects on student achievement, because (a) early attrition patterns at KIPP schools are similar to those at nearby district middle schools; and (b) KIPP schools have large achievement effects in the first year of students» enrollment, before replacement patterns could have any effects.

In some places, districts are encouraged to offer college - level courses in high school or on nearby community college campuses.

Although there is no significant difference on any of the individual indicators, the sum of responses indicates that teachers» overall perceptions at a district school improve after a charter school opens nearby.

I find that students in district schools do better when charters open nearby: students in these schools earn higher scores on reading and math tests and are less likely to repeat a grade.

To shed light on the question of spillover effects, I use data from New York City to estimate the effects of charter schools on students in two types of nearby district schools: those in the same neighborhood, and those that are co-located (in the same building).

Together, this indicates that the positive spillovers of charter schools on nearby students at district schools did not come at the detriment of students across the city.

When funding follows students, the impact of competition is greater in areas where school - age population growth is slow or declining, as any loss of students to charter schools or nearby districts is immediately seen on the bottom line.

I also find that charter school entry has only a small impact on the probability of students exiting nearby district schools.

It also appears that charter schools may have small, negative effects on absenteeism at nearby district schools.

Their report found that, on average, charter school students in New York City tend to stay at their schools at a higher rate than do students at nearby traditional district schools.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

We are working closely with the Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation on a series of initiatives to strengthen urban leadership in Grand Rapids and five nearby districts.

For example, an urban district and a nearby preparation program may want to collaborate to highlight the vibrancy of the location to potential young teachers or focus on reaching out to students who grew up in the area.

Almost uniformly, researchers find that school choice does not have a negative impact on the performance of nearby district schools.

In April 2017, In the Public Interest released a report revealing that a substantial portion of the more than $ 2.5 billion in tax dollars or taxpayer subsidized financing spent on California charter school facilities in the past 15 years has been misspent on: schools that underperformed nearby traditional public schools; schools built in districts that already had enough classroom space; schools that were found to have discriminatory enrollment policies; and in the worst cases, schools that engaged in unethical or corrupt practices.

While you could spend hours on nearby Butterfly Beach spotting dolphins, save time for the Funk Zone, an artsy industrial district opposite Stearns Wharf.

Modern hotel located in the heart of shopping, financial and commercial district, on the main avenue, with beaches nearby...

BrownToes Vacation Home is a double - storey house located in Brenton - on - Sea in the unique Eden District with its beautiful sea views, beaches, the nearby Knysna lagoon, the indigenous forest and the temperate climate...

If it's not your thing then maybe walk on by and explore the nearby vibrant Bonne - Nouvelle district which is packed with vintage Parisian theatres and concert halls providing you with a broad choice of entertainment options every evening of your holiday.

On the other hand, the Civic Center / UN Plaza BART station is nearby, and it's not too far a walk to the trendy Mission District.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and one of Omaha's historic Gold Coast District's most recognized landmarks, the 10,200 square foot home was built by prominent citizens Charles and Bertha Offutt, after whose son the nearby Offutt Air Force Base was named.

A few miles away is the South Flores district, another vital corner dedicated to the promotion and display of San Antonio's creative community through exhibiting spaces like R Space, which focuses primarily on young Latino artists, and nearby Gravelmouth, which displays a discernable bias towards street culture.

The accident in Dubuque, which took place right in front of Hempstead High School (part of the Dubuque Community School District), involved 16 - year - old Codi Regan striking his classmate as the victim was crossing in front of a school bus, which partially pulled on to nearby Pennsylvania Avenue.

As my former firm retreated to a nearby school library to gear up for the new regime, the fear that our urbane local district judges would at midnight on 26 April 1999 turn into ravening juridical werewolves intent on feasting on the flesh of uncompliant lawyers was vividly in our collective minds.

Our services come highly recommended by schools, churches, and healthcare facilities nearby, including Sterling Heights Schools, Troy School District, Northville Schools, Utica Schools, Clarkston Schools, Rochester Hills Schools, Warren Consolidated Schools, Beaumont Hospital, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Care Network, Focus On The Family, and much more.

While downtown Fort Lauderdale already established a nightlife centered around the Las Olas business and entertainment district, downtown Miami was slow on the uptake due in part to fierce nightlife competition from the neighboring urban playground South Beach (or SoBe to the locals) and nearby Coconut Grove.

As McDonald's prepares to move its headquarters to Chicago this spring, owners of two nearby properties are ready to cash in on soaring real estate values in the surrounding Fulton Market district.