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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Hannah Waring, left, a student at Loudoun Valley High School, and Abby McDonough, a student at Liberty University, work in the strawberry stand at Wegmeyer Farms in Hamilton, Va. Waring and McDonough are working at Wegmeyer Farms for the summer. Summer jobs are vanishing as U.S. teens spend more time in school and face competition from older workers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this May, 3, 2017 photo, Mercy's Libby Bartels, left, reaches in on Cranbrook Kingswood's Angelina Wiater during a lacrosse game at Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this May, 3, 2017 photo, Mercy's Natalie Masopust, left, chases Cranbrook Kingswood's Courtney Paulus during a lacrosse game at Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. In 2018, Florida will become the first state to mandate high school female lacrosse players wear protective equipment over their entire head. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this May, 3, 2017 photo, Mercy's Grace Canty (17) hits the stick of Cranbrook Kingswood's Angelina Wiater during a lacrosse game at the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. In 2018, Florida will become the first state to mandate high school female lacrosse players wear protective equipment over their entire head. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In a photo from April 26, 2017, a lacrosse helmet is displayed at the Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Helmets are not a required piece of equipment worn by female high school lacrosse players. And this year, the National Federation of State High School Associations allowed the optional use of two models of headgear beyond the previously allowed padded headbands. In 2018, Florida will become the first state to mandate high school female lacrosse players wear protective equipment over their entire head. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JUNE 24 AND THEREAFTER - The Lincoln Memorial High School Class of 1967 plans its 50th anniversary reunion Friday, June 23, 2017, in Palmetto, Fla. Among those planning to attend are, from left, Lynette Edwards, Madeline Pearson, Alex Bullock Jr., Sharon Wells Jones, Joann Thomas Surrency, Betty Lou Sailes Rhodes, and Valerie Adams Bowden. (James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JUNE 24 AND THEREAFTER - Madeline Pearson, left, and Alex Bullock Jr., are among Lincoln Memorial High School graduates planing to attend the Class of 1967 reunion Friday, June 24, 2017 in Palmetto, Fla. Seated at right is Sharon Wells Jones. (James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JUNE 24 AND THEREAFTER - Clockwise, from top, are Lincoln Memorial High School grads who will be attending their 50th reunion Friday, June 23, 2017: Alex Bullock Jr., Madeline Pearson, Betty Lou Sailes Rhodes, and Valerie Adams Bowden. (James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP)
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Carl Paladino, far left, listens while Buffalo Board of Education President Barbara Nevergold testifies at a hearing before New York Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, far right, in, Albany, N.Y., to determine if Paladino should be removed from the school board. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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Carl Paladino, left, walks with his his lawyers Jennifer Persico and Dennis Vacco outside education building during break in a hearing on Thursday, June 22, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. Several days of hearings are scheduled in Albany for wealthy developer Carl Paladino to determine whether his public release of information on teacher contract talks should cost him his position on the Buffalo School Board. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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Carl Paladino, right, walks with his lawyers outside the state Department of Education building after the first day of testimony before Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who will decide if Paladino should be removed from his position on the Buffalo Board of Education, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
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Screen capture from a BBC story about schoolboys in Exeter, England, wearing skirts to school to protest a policy forbidding them from wearing shorts.
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The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried from Wyoming High School followed by his father, Fred Warmbier, center, after the funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried from Wyoming High School after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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Fred Warmbier, right, follows the casket of his son, Otto, out of Wyoming High School after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried from Wyoming High School after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student who was sentenced in March 2016 to 15 years in prison with hard labor in North Korea, died this week, days after returning to the United States. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
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A driverless shuttle is shown parked at the University of Michigan, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Two driverless shuttles will begin operating at the university this fall. The tall, airy, 15-passenger shuttles will carry students and staff in a two-mile loop on campus roads alongside regular traffic. The shuttle will be free and insured by the university. The electric shuttles are made by French startup NAVYA, which has deployed 25 shuttles worldwide since last year and is operating them on campuses in Australia and Japan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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A driverless shuttle carries passengers at the University of Michigan, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Two driverless shuttles will begin operating at the university this fall. The tall, airy, 15-passenger shuttles will carry students and staff in a two-mile loop on campus roads alongside regular traffic. The shuttle will be free and insured by the university. The electric shuttles are made by French startup NAVYA, which has deployed 25 shuttles worldwide since last year and is operating them on campuses in Australia and Japan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY JUNE 25 AND THEREAFTER - In a June 16, 2017 photo, Chachi Zavala watches a goat nap on his mat during the first goat yoga class at Eastbound and Down Icehouse in Dallas. (Tailyr Irvine/The Dallas Morning News)
