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Teen in ‘sexting’ case sues Pa. school district
A Pennsylvania school district that was at the center of a highly publicized “sexting’’ case was sued yesterday by a teenager who claims her principal confiscated her cellphone, found nude images she had taken of herself, and turned it over to prosecutors. (Associated Press)
Medford Catholic school set to shut down
A Catholic school in Medford serving pupils from prekindergarten through eighth grade will close in June after a five-year decline in enrollment, the Archdiocese of Boston said yesterday. (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
Report critical of colleges’ risk-taking
Large endowments like those at Harvard University and Dartmouth College took on too much risk and helped fuel Wall Street’s meltdown, according to a new report, which charges that such schools threatened their financial stability by abandoning their historic mission to preserve assets. (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
Concert to benefit slain student
James F. Alenson would have graduated from the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School this year, and the instrumental music department will be remembering its former trumpet player tonight with a concert. (By Amanda Fakhreddine, Globe Correspondent)
In Quincy, three Catholic schools close as one opens
Girls wearing red-and-green plaid jumpers and boys in khakis and white polo shirts are building rockets from two-liter soda bottles when the Rev. John W. O’Brien, the man with ultimate and complete authority over their school, drops in. (By Molly A.K. Connors, Globe Correspondent)
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