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Boston Globe – A Saugus High School junior was recuperating today after ingesting gamma hydroxy butyrate, commonly known as the date rape drug, and collapsing in class on Wednesday, according to a school official. Saugus Police said a 17-year-old classmate, David

Urban schools’ diploma rates lag
Boston Online – Nearly 40 percent of the state’s urban high school students do not graduate within four years, according to state data released yesterday. More than one-fifth have dropped out, but many others stayed in school in hopes of graduating in five or six

Dejavu: Koch faces a Phelan again; Similar to school race in 1981
Patriot Ledger – practice in Norwell, joked that losing to Koch cured me of any political aspirations. He said Koch was a good class president, but added: (My older brother) probably matches up much better than I did as a senior in high school

Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights Premier
Yahoo Finance – DETROIT, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ — The Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights (MRCC) announce their premier sponsorship of Michigan’s first and exclusive sports program dedicated to covering high school athletics across Michigan on FSN

High school stars of the week
Seattle Post Intelligencer – WHAT HE DID: His district qualifying performance Saturday will be tough to duplicate at the 3A state meet. Olson scored an astonishing 448.20 points and beat the runner-up by more than 50 points and his state-winning score from 2006 by double digits

School chief ready to retire: Rull to step down in September
Patriot Ledger – WEYMOUTH – Joseph Rull, a veteran teacher and administrator who led the Weymouth schools as superintendent during the past 2 years, has announced he will retire this fall. Rull, who helped usher in high school and middle school configurations in