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...during the public portion of the meeting. While Young was voted in as the district’s new superintendent on April 7, his formal selection was contingent upon the establishment of a contract that would satisfy both Young and the school committee. Young is scheduled to begin his term on July 6, 2009, but will begin a five-day transition period before that date, during which he will be taking vacation time from his post at Newton. According to the contract, Young will be paid an annual beginning salary $215,000, an amount which will increase after each subsequent...
...group prepares to meet with HPF representatives this month, they are aware that they are simply laying the groundwork for the longer term, according to several members of the planning team. They plan to involve many more students in independent case-study projects next school year and are working with the HBS administration to explore incorporating the program into the school’s curriculum...
...endowment money to schools like FAS in order to ensure that budget cuts can be made without layoffs. Right now, the FAS budget deficit of $220 million comes directly from an eight percent decrease in endowment money being funneled into FAS. Although it would be unsustainable over the long term, Harvard could dip further into its endowment over the next year or two in hopes that the economy will begin to grow again...
...chief of Panama, but only the nominal boss of the canal authority, Martinelli will have little technical control over what will be the nation's most important order of business during his five-year presidency (he is constitutionally limited to one term). That's the Panama Canal expansion, a massive dig that will add a third set of locks able to handle the supersize, "post-Panamax" ships. Those vessels can hold up to 12,000 20-ft.-long containers and are considered the future of commercial-cargo shipping...
...last term, Ibarretxe expended a good deal - some critics would say all - of his political capital in an ill-fated attempt to hold a referendum on independence for the Basque country. That effort was quashed by the Spanish parliament, which judged it unconstitutional. But the Socialist victory does not necessarily mean that Basque society as a whole is becoming less nationalist. According to polls conducted by Euskobarometro, the percentage of Basques who desire independence has hovered around 30% - sometimes rising a few points, sometimes falling - since...