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Roughly 30 Philadelphia high school students still stranded following camping trip in North Carolina
About 30 local high school students are stranded in Asheville, North Carolina.They were camping with Girard College and the North Carolina Outward Bound Program for a week.Some of their parents say the students arrived a week ago and were supposed to return on Friday, but they became stranded due to Hurricane Helene."We seen all these floods and stuff and we got worried about where the kids at," said Terrell Dragon, whose 14-year-old daughter, Tiara, is one of the students stranded. "Then we found out that they're stuck on a mountain."RELATED: Hurricane Helene leaves at least 107 dead and a...
School district's updated dress code protects Philadelphia students' self-expression
The new school year came with a new dress code for students in the School District of Philadelphia.It makes more room for students to express themselves without fear of discrimination."It was effective as of the first day of school," said Rachel Holzman, who serves as the Deputy Chief in the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities at the School District of Philadelphia of the district's new dress code."I think we are one of the first large districts to explicitly put this in a code," she said.It's not uncommon for the district to make small adjustments to the dress code before...
Kennedy-Kenrick High School Demolished to Make Room for New Homes
Demolition began of the former Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School in Norristown to make room for new residences. The former Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School in Norristown is being demolished to make way for a 325-unit multifamily residential complex, reports Rachel Ravina for The Times Herald. Developer Sarah Peck is leading the...
Central Bucks School District Among Best in Pennsylvania
Niche’s 2025 Best Schools and Districts rankings place Central Bucks in third place in Bucks County and at No. 40 in the state. The Central Bucks School District is among the best in Pennsylvania, according to a new Niche list, writes Jeff Werner for Patch. Niche’s 2025 Best Schools...
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