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...also teamed with Gray, sophomore Tim Parent, and freshman Tyler Holland to snag second place in the 800-yard freestyle relay...
Ever since she took over as principal of Foothill High School two years ago, JoAnn Murphy has wanted to involve parents in their children's education. It's hardly an original notion, but considering that the 100 students at the Albuquerque school are all incarcerated juvenile offenders, her application to establish a Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) at the school was groundbreaking. "It showed that in all venues it's important to have parental involvement," says Anna Weselak, national PTA president...
...last October, is the first in the nation to be associated with a juvenile reformatory school; its membership is made up mostly of teachers, guards and officials at the Youth Diagnostic and Development Center, where the school is located and the teens live in secured cinderblock cottages. Only one parent has paid her $6 annual dues, but Murphy has heard from others who plan to sign up during the official PTSA kickoff meeting at an open house at the school this Friday...
...Kajeet, which is selling on the web and hits retail stores such as Best Buy in March, is a pay-as-you go service that offers a menu of customization options for kids and parents. Through its "walleting" system, a parent deposits money into an account that allows kids to buy whatever they want from Kajeet - no less than nine SpongeBob ringtones to choose from ($2 each), celebrity wallpaper offerings, an ever-changing list of games, texting services and, yes, phone calls. If a kid's Kajeet allowance is $20 a month and he blows...
...Kajeet isn't first to market. Firefly Mobile over the past two years has signed up about 200,000 customers under age 12, touting its parental controls and simple design: the five-button handset lacks even a number pad. Though garnering low marks for style, the clunky Firefly has surely helped some divorced or single working parents who spend a disproportionate amount of time apart from their children. Disney similarly rejected coolness as a priority when it launched its mobile service last spring. "They don't even know who their customer is - the parent or the child," said Entner, noting...