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- ... that Dougherty Valley High School will be, upon its opening, the first real-estate developer-built high school in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District?
- ... that La Martiniere Boys' College in Lucknow, India is one of only two schools in the world to be awarded a battle honour by the British Empire?
- ... that three years after tying for its final Kentucky State Football championship, Flaget High School closed due to falling enrollment?
- ... that Alexander Pope was expelled from Twyford School for writing a poem that poked fun at one of his school masters?
- ... that in 1973, Margaret Thatcher temporarily saved the Strand Grammar School, famous for its contribution of young men to the British Civil Service, from closure?
- ... that the Nebraska School for the Deaf became nationally known within the Deaf community for its fight against an anti-American Sign Language state bill endorsed by Alexander Graham Bell?
- ... that Kellom Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska is the alma mater of Fred Astaire, Gale Sayers and Bob Gibson, as well as youth programs once led by Whitney Young?
- ... that The Harvey School, a rural school in New York, was established to give an education to the founder's handicapped son?
- ... that since 2002, New York's Middletown High School has seen the district superintendent convicted of sexual abuse, had one principal resign and another suspended, had two student walkouts and was ordered to reinstate a teacher?
- ... that Tanjong Katong Primary School has the most diverse student population among all government-operated schools in Singapore, as its students come from 39 countries?
- ... that the England national football team is to train on the football pitch of the Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College, as it is the only one identical to one in Russia on which they are due to play in October 2007?
- ... that in the early 20th century, when education was segregated in the United States, the Calhoun Colored School focused on vocational education for African Americans instead of classical education to protect the school from being closed down?
- ... that St Patrick's Marist College Dundas, the oldest school in Australia run by Marist Brothers, started out as a primary school?
- ... that Ellenville Middle School (pictured) abandoned an experiment with single-sex classes after the school failed to meet No Child Left Behind Act standards?
- ... that Bunscoill Ghaelgagh is the only primary school that teaches only in the Manx language?
- ... that a former principal of Tubman Elementary School received a national award for her work which included a discipline program featuring a due process system for punishment referrals?
- ... that City Academy High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, became the first charter school in the U.S. when it opened its doors to 30 students on September 7, 1992?
- ... that the Garrison Union Free School in New York traces its origins back to 1793?
- ... that Salisbury Cathedral School was founded over 900 years ago by a saint?
- ... that the radio station of North Community High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota used to be the official broadcaster for traffic reports in the area?
- ... that Gregorio Perfecto High School is named after the politician, Gregorio Perfecto, who signed the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines with his own blood?
- ... that the rooflines of the newest school in the Cornwall Central School District mimics the surrounding hills in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York?
- ... that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota?
- ... that taxpayers of Palenville, New York argued so bitterly over the costs of Rowena Memorial School that some called for it to be demolished?
- ... that E.S. Richardson Elementary School is named after a Louisiana educator, who ended his career as an administrator of the wartime Office of Price Administration?
- ... that Evergreen Lutheran High School lost its lease in DuPont, Washington in 1988 and has been looking for another site while sharing land at a local church?
- ... that despite over 85% of American Indian students giving it their support, mascot controversy at Humboldt High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota resulted in the the abandonment of its Indians mascot?
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