Word: garcia
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...Tanya Garcia, 19, of Brooklyn also went off track at the end of middle school. A fire destroyed her family's apartment and left them homeless for four months. She landed in a large, impersonal high school, and quickly became disengaged. "I started getting into drugs--weed, drinking, cocaine and heroin." After two years of mostly cutting class, she had accumulated a grand total of one credit. When she tried to transfer to another school, "the dean pretty much laughed in my face," she says. At 16, she stopped going to school. "I didn't see myself having any kind...
Against all odds, Maisonet and Garcia are slated to graduate in New York City's class of 2007. They are among some 13,000 students who dropped out or were on the verge of doing so but have been recovered in the public school system. The city's secret? Finding out who was dropping out and why and offering a variety of paths--complete with intensive social support and personalized instruction--back to school...
...said Katia Acosta, a senior at MIT and the lead MIT representative at the caucus. The panels offered several notable speakers, including the chief justice of the island’s Supreme Court, Federico Hernandez Denton ’66; the president of the University of Puerto Rico, Antonio Garcia Padilla; and Ascherman Professor of Economics Richard Freeman. The discussion focused on several aspects of the Puerto Rican economy, including real estate, heathcare, and education. The final panel, “Branding Puerto Rico,” debated how the island should be presented to other nations. One panelist, Mickey...
...They deserved some help. Like the overwhelming majority of American jurors in murder and abuse cases, the 14 Austin jurors had to face unspeakable horrors without the benefit of the psychological assistance afforded to both policemen and victims. Cave has turned to State Rep. Juan Garcia to sponsor a bill funding a jury counseling program in Texas state courts for those cases where graphic, disturbing evidence is often featured - homicide cases, sexual offenses, family-relations crimes such as child abuse. The bill, which would give additional funds to victims' assistance programs, is gaining support in the legislature. While victims' advocates...
...strange, because the site didn’t ask for an address or e-mail verification,” Garcia said. “But we also registered under two other e-mails and I hope that we get several gift cards...