Word: boarded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shocked, shocked to hear that they thinkthe tests are unfair," says Abigail Thernstrom, amember of the State Board of Education...
...People who are satisfied aren't going tocomplain. People aren't going to jump up and downand say, 'What a fantastic test," says KevinCarleton, spokesperson for John Silber, Chair ofthe State Board of Education...
...Board of Education voted on June 22 tolower the minimum passing score because the testwas untried. But ten days later, at the behest ofthen-acting Governor Cellucci, the Boardreconvened and voted to raise the cut-off point,prompting the resignation of Interim CommissionerFrank Haydu...
They have been forced into a situation no one could expect to face. To further exacerbate its complexity and immensity, the Harvard administration and Ad Board harassed and deserted them when they needed them the most. Yet the survivors are still here. It tears at my heart to hear of their Ad-Board horror stories. I am ashamed to be associated with such a backward policy. I am saddened that Harvard abandons its students in their time of greatest need...
...hope that their bravery in coming forth to point out what has been so long neglected at Harvard will provoke discussion and change. By not expelling the rapists on campus, the Ad Board is revealing to all its priorities: lying about one's SAT scores is more serious than brutally assaulting a fellow human being...