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A Bronx principal ordered her teachers to give up their desks last week, and had the furniture dumped at the curb — telling staff she doesn’t want them sitting in class. Donna Connelly, principal of PS 24, the Spuyten Duyvil School in Riverdale, also told teachers to empty their filing cabinets, which she then discarded. With class in session, teachers were told to push their desks and cabinets into the hallway. Custodians then hauled them outside and piled them like trash on the blacktop of a school across the street.

Rumors are rampant about male public safety employees in Ceres placing hidden cameras aimed at women, and the city isn't saying much about it. The stories about cameras placed under a woman's desk and in changing areas at the Ceres Police Department came to the attention of the Stanislaus chapter of the NAACP. President Frank Johnson says they got so many calls they thought it was a prank, and he says if it's not true, they'll apologize - but if it is true, the organization will take action against it. The city attorney would only say action is being taken...

Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a Social Studies teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor took all of the desks out of the classroom. The kids came into first period, they walked in to find there were no no desks. They looked around and said, "Ms. Cothren, where's our desk?" She said, "You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn them." They thought,...

Iraqi school children give their unanimous approval as 48th Brigade Combat Team soldiers delivered desks and school supplies to the Nor Al Ukem School. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Britt Smith Soldiers Build and Deliver School Desks Desks will enable students to have their own seat rather than sitting two or three to a desk By Staff Sgt. Britt Smith 48th Brigade Combat Team CAMP ADDER, An Nasiriyah, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2005 — In an effort to make learning a little more comfortable for local school children, the Civil Affairs soldiers from the 48th Brigade Combat Team recently...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the 1950s Americans were told to hide under tables if a nuclear bomb went off -- an infamous warning that became the butt of endless jokes. Now amid a high terror alert, New York is giving its residents the same advice. On Thursday New York published its new household preparedness manual, telling residents what to do in case of any number of disasters, ranging from earthquakes (news - web sites), floods, tornadoes, terrorist attacks, collapsing buildings, chemical spills to dirty bombs. According to a statement released by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office, the scant 16-page booklet...