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Pre-K 4 SA Implementation
3:38 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Now That Curriculum Is Set, Pre-K 4 SA Almost Ready To Go

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A Pre-K 4 SA committee and the public reviewed several curriculum providers in mid-April.
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The City of San Antonio’s new Pre-K 4 SA early education measure will be extending two contracts worth $540,000 to two curriculum programs.

Texas-based Frog Street Press will serve as the main curriculum for the 700 children at the initial two model education centers when school begins in the fall, and Maryland-based Teaching Strategies will act as a supplemental program.

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Pre-K 4 SA Implementation
5:10 pm
Wed May 22, 2013

Pre-K Board Seeking Developers For Remaining Learning Centers

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Area on Lord Road where the Eastside model education center is proposed.
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Although Pre-K 4 SA's first two model education centers aren't yet open, the board of directors is now submitting a request for proposals from developers to begin looking at two additional sites on the east and west sides of town.

The remaining education centers will fulfill the requirements of the eight-year Pre-K 4 SA program, which is expected to see 22,400 students over the initial life of the program.

This August the first two centers, one on the Northwest Side and the other on the Southeast Side, will open.

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Education
4:20 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

After Firing Search Firm, SAISD Names Interim Superintendent As Finalist

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Sylvester Perez
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The San Antonio Independent School District Board of Trustees has voted 5-0 to name interim superintendent Sylvester Perez as the lone finalist for the full-time position.

Perez was not initially in the running for the permanent position, but eventually changed his mind. He is the former superintendent of Midland ISD and has been serving in the interim since Robert Duron left in Feb. 2012.

He said his focus will be to ensure students are at the proper reading level:

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Education
5:05 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

In Pictures: Edison Students Mobilize Emergency Response For Mass Casualty Drill

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As the exercise begins, medical students rush to administer first aid to victims in the field.
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First aid responders mend cuts and make quick fixes before sending victims on to the triage center.
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Fire fighters with SAFD hook up the fire hydrant.
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Fire cadets spray the bus where the "explosion" occurred.
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After spraying the bus, first responders climb aboard to assess the extent of the damage and injuries.
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The first rescue team sorts out the casualties on the bus.
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Fire cadet escorts an "injured" girl from the bus.
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A fire cadet gets some instruction mid exercise.
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Vicente Salazar, who was on the first rescue team, passes off his gear to the next wave.
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Salazar briefs the next team on the bus situation.
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Fire cadets continue to spray the surrounding area.
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Students load a "victim" onto a stretcher to be carried into the triage center.
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As "injuries" mount and an unexpected second "explosion" happens, the triage area gets a little chaotic.
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Medical students continue to treat the steady flow of "injured" students.
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Triage victims wait for help on the gym floor.
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An Edison High School yearbook photographer documents action in the morgue.
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Alyssa Gonzales (left) and another dental student analyze dental impressions to identifty a victim.
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Dental x-rays to help identify victims.
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Dental students make more impression putty on the fly.
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A "deceased" victim of the explosion is tagged in the morgue.
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"Deceased" victims are lined up on a mat near the morgue.
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Another student get treated for wounds in the triage station.
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Students load an "injured" fire fighter onto a gurney.
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Helicopter lands to take away the "injured" fire fighter.
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Students and paramedics load the fire fighter onto the helicopter.
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A medical student briefs the PIO students on the extent of the fire fighter's "injuries."
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PIOs then must decide what to release to reporters at the scene. TPR's Joey Palacios is pictured.
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Christian Bove, press spokesperson for SAFD, gives the students pointers on dealing with the press.
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Police cadets bag and analyze evidence taken from the scene.
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Edison police cadets take away a "suspect."
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Pablo Chavarria, an Edison Fire Science Management student, talks to the press ahead of the exercise.
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Nearly 300 Edison High School students got hands-on experience with triage and search-and-rescue on Monday morning. A simulated school bus "explosion" was part of a four-hour training exercise at the Public Safety Magnet school. The students played the role of first responders.

It's a scenario that no one wants to see happen: An I.E.D. explodes on an SAISD school bus, injuring several dozen students--followed by a second blast a few minutes later.

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