Education

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A sign posted at Savoy Elementary School warns parents about pest problems, but the school remains open. (Deborah Simmons/The Washington Times)

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Snow covers trees at Silver Ridge Elementary School in Silverdale, Wash., on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. A snowstorm that blanketed Seattle and western Washington state into Monday morning prompted widespread school closures, flight cancellations and power outages for more than 75,000 electrical utility customers, officials said. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)

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Tom Hanks accidentally outed his high school drama teacher Best Actor winner Tom Hanks gives an emotional speech at the 66th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 21, 1994. Hanks won for his role in the movie "Philadelphia." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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In a Jan. 30, 2017 photo, at North Coast Flight School chief flight instructor Jon Scott, 42, left, and Edinboro University student Brandon Morton, 19, conduct a pre-flight inspection in Millcreek Township, Pa. Morton, from Guys Mills, is enrolled in the school's Associate of Applied Science in Aeronautical Science program and hopes to become a commercial pilot when fully trained. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)

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In a Jan. 30, 2017 photo, North Coast Flight School, Edinboro University student Bryan Plucknett, 19, left, and chief flight instructor Jon Scott use a flight simulator in Millcreek Township, Pa. Plucknett, from Springfield Township, is enrolled in the school's Associate of Applied Science in Aeronautical Science program and hopes to become a commercial pilot when his training is complete. Former commercial pilot Scott, 42, said the red light used in the cockpit helps prevent excessive eye strain when flying. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus, in New York. The students say a proposal to make college tuition-free for middle-class students at New York public universities would provide welcome financial help, but note that free tuition doesn't mean free college because of the expense of things like room and board and books. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2016 file photo, runners make their way along a sidewalk on the campus of Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. The college has created a refugee scholarship in response to President Donald Trump's January 2017 order on immigration and refugees and is calling on other colleges to do the same. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, Buffalo State College students Nigel Peters, left, Olivia Harbol, center, and Avery Edwards leave the student union on the Buffalo, N.Y., campus. The students say a proposal to make college tuition-free for middle-class students at New York public universities would provide welcome financial help, but note that free tuition doesn't mean free college because of the expense of things like room and board and books. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, a student crosses the street on the Buffalo State College campus in Buffalo, N.Y. They don't mean to sound ungrateful, but New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation's most ambitious free-tuition proposal are quick to point out a sobering reality from their own meager finances: Free tuition doesn't mean free college. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

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In this Jan. 27, 2017 photo, a student goes about his day on the Buffalo State College campus in Buffalo, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed making the public college and others in the State University of New York and City University of New York system tuition-free for full-time students from New York families earning $125,000 or less. The state would pay the difference between financial aid and tuition. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

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In this Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed making the public college and others in the State University of New York and City University of New York system tuition-free for full-time students from New York families earning $125,000 or less. The state would pay the difference between financial aid and tuition. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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In this Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017, photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. The students say a proposal to make college tuition-free for middle-class students at New York public universities would provide welcome financial help, but note that free tuition doesn't mean free college because of the expense of things like room and board and books. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Students walk between classes at Brooklyn College in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 5, 2017- In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 photo, Silina Branson, graduation coach at Thomas Jefferson High School, at right in middle row, works with students as they work on homework inside her office in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Graduation coaches like Branson work to promote and improve attendance to ultimately reduce the dropout rates and increase graduation rates in the Council Bluffs Community School District. The students in her office are, from left in front row, seniors Morgan Barth and Zach Elhindi, from left in middle row, seniors Ashley Phillips and Jennica Jay, from left in back row, freshman Kelsey Briggs and senior Marcellus Smith. (Joe Shearer /The Daily Nonpareil via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 5, 2017- In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, Silina Branson, graduation coach at Thomas Jefferson High School, right, works with senior Marcellus Smith as he works on homework inside her office in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Graduation coaches like Branson work to promote and improve attendance to ultimately reduce the dropout rates and increase graduation rates in the Council Bluffs Community School District. (Joe Shearer /The Daily Nonpareil via AP)

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In this June 21, 2008, file photo provided by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, a whitetip shark swims off Cat Island in the Bahamas. (Neil Hammerschlag/University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science via AP) ** FILE **

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Boston College guard Jerome Robinson (1) can not get his hand on the ball as Louisville forward Deng Adel (22) drives past toward the hoop during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Boston. Louisville defeated Boston College 90-67. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)