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Also from Solon, Shawn Cornally has a Chris Rock-style epiphany on open periods. He says they prey on students struggling the hardest with the traditional school system and he’s get plans for them in his upcoming scheduling experiment.
I didn’t get to cover it last week when Kennedy High School welcomed its Japanese exchange students, but the student journalists at The Torch are on the job.
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