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FILE - In this photo taken Thursday, May 26, 2016, a sign welcomes residents and visitors to the tiny town in Dietrich, Idaho. The small community is struggling with the national attention brought by reports that a disabled black football player was raped by his white high school teammates. The allegations of racist taunts and physical abuse suffered by the teen were revealed this month when the family filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Dietrich School District. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2016, file photo, buildings at St. George's School sit on a hill in Middletown, R.I. Dozens of former students at the school said they were abused by staff and fellow students at the Middletown school as far back as the 1970s and as recently as 2004. It was among the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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FILE -- In this Jan. 5, 2016 file photo, Anne Scott, center, of Charlottesville, Va., and Katie Wales Lovkay, right, of Granby, Conn., both who attended St. George's School from 1977-1980, participate in a news conference in Boston as attorney Eric MacLeish, left, listens. Dozens of former students at the school said they were abused by staff and fellow students at the Middletown school as far back as the 1970s and as recently as 2004. It was among the state's top stories in 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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FILE - In this Feb 7, 2015, file photo, Tulare Union High School's Ashley Alcantar wears a mascot T-shirt and makes a "U" sign after scoring the correct answer in a quiz in Porterville, Calif. California public schools will be barred from using the Redskins name for sports teams and mascots under AB30 by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, ending the use of a term that American Indians regard as offensive. (Chieko Hara/The Porterville Recorder via AP)
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FILE - This Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, police stand outside Mountain View High School after several students were stabbed inside the high school, in Orem, Utah. A series of violent crimes involving teenage suspects over the last two months is raising tough questions for Utah courts, police and parents. Utah Criminal Justice Center Director Rob Butters said there's no single connecting thread between the cases, which range from teens accused in a car chase that left a police officer dead to a student who police said stabbed five of his classmates in a school locker room. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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FILE - This Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, students Albany Cox, right, and Holly Hilton leave Mountain View High School where several students were stabbed, in Orem, Utah. A series of violent crimes involving teenage suspects over the last two months is raising tough questions for Utah courts, police and parents. Utah Criminal Justice Center Director Rob Butters said there's no single connecting thread between the cases, which range from teens accused in a car chase that left a police officer dead to a student who police said stabbed several of his classmates in a school locker room. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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FILE - This Dec. 1, 2016, file photo, a police officer directs students down the street following a school lockdown at Mueller Park Junior High after a student fired a gun into the ceiling, in Bountiful, Utah. Police said a 15-year-old brought two guns to school and fired a round into a classroom ceiling before his parents arrived and disarmed him, likely preventing bloodshed. A series of violent crimes involving teenage suspects over the last two months is raising tough questions for Utah courts, police and parents. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Nov. 10, 2016 photo, Savannah Valaria, right, one of 24 Huntley High School students serving in hands-on residencies, works in the pharmacy at Centegra Hospital-Huntley, Ill. The residency gives students insight into the profession and practical experience that goes beyond what they could learn in textbooks. Valeria never expected learning about filing and filling pharmacy prescriptions would be so interesting. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald, via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Nov. 10, 2016 photo, Savannah Valaria, one of 24 Huntley High School students serving in hands-on residencies, works in the pharmacy at Centegra Hospital-Huntley, Ill. The residency gives students insight into the profession and practical experience that goes beyond what they could learn in textbooks. Valeria never expected learning about filing and filling pharmacy prescriptions would be so interesting. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald, via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Nov. 10, 2016 photo, Harpal Singh, one of 24 Huntley High School students serving in hands-on residencies, works at Centegra Hospital-Huntley, Ill. The residency, Singh said, gives him insight into the profession and practical experience that goes beyond what he could learn in textbooks. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald, via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2016, file photo faculty member Angela Florschuetz, center, her colleagues, and their supporters picket at Cheyney University in Cheyney, Pa. Faculty who teach at the state's 14 public universities walked out for three days in October when contract talks stalled over wages, work load and health care. The strike, the first in the system's 34-year history, disrupted classes for 100,000 students. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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This undated photo shows a one-room schoolhouse built in the 1920s to teach black children on St. Simons Island, Ga. Preservationists saved the Harrington School from scheduled demolition in 2010 and since then have spent about $300,000 to stabilize its deteriorating frame and leaky roof. Recently, the group Friends of the Harrington School announced a grant award that it hopes will bring in $50,000 needed to finish restoring the schoolhouse's interior. (Bobby Haven/The Brunswick News via AP)
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This undated photo shows part of a one-room schoolhouse built in the 1920s to teach black children on St. Simons Island, Ga. Preservationists saved the Harrington School from scheduled demolition in 2010 and since then have spent about $300,000 to stabilize its deteriorating frame and leaky roof. Recently, the group Friends of the Harrington School announced a grant award that it hopes will bring in $50,000 needed to finish restoring the schoolhouse's interior. (Bobby Haven/The Brunswick News via AP) (Bobby Haven/The Brunswick News via AP)
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This undated photo shows a one-room schoolhouse built in the 1920s to teach black children on St. Simons Island, Ga. Preservationists saved the Harrington School from scheduled demolition in 2010 and since then have spent about $300,000 to stabilize its deteriorating frame and leaky roof. Recently, the group Friends of the Harrington School announced a grant award that it hopes will bring in $50,000 needed to finish restoring the schoolhouse's interior. (Bobby Haven/The Brunswick News via AP)
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FILE - In this July 29, 2016 file photo, people attend an open house at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Students attended the first day of classes there on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. The new building replaced the one that was demolished where 20 first graders and six educators were shot and killed in December 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 1985 file photo, "Hoosiers" writer and Bloomington, Ind., native Angelo Pizzo, left, talks with actor Gene Hackman during filming at the Knightstown, Ind., Elementary school gym. Three decades after “Hoosiers” inspired millions, the high school team from this rural community in southeastern Indiana and its players remain the biggest stars in town. (Larry Crewell /The Herald-Times via AP, File)
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In this Dec. 12, 2016, photo, Bill Spencer, center, holds an impromptu staff meeting at the Union 76 gas station in Creswell, Ore., where many of the employees are high school and college students earning money for school. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP)
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Chicago Alderman Willie Cochran, left, arrives for his arraignment with his attorney Thomas Durkin at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Friday morning, Dec. 23, 2016 in Chicago. Durkin's attorney entered a plea of not guilty to federal corruption charges during his initial court appearance. The 15-count indictment against Cochran includes bribery and extortion counts. It alleges he extorted money from a store owner and pilfered funds from an activities fund to pay for gambling and his daughter's college tuition. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Chicago Alderman Willie Cochran, left, arrives for his arraignment with his attorney Thomas Durkin at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Friday morning, Dec. 23, 2016 in Chicago. Durkin's attorney entered a plea of not guilty to federal corruption charges during his initial court appearance. The 15-count indictment against Cochran includes bribery and extortion counts. It alleges he extorted money from a store owner and pilfered funds from an activities fund to pay for gambling and his daughter's college tuition. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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In this image provided by Old Dominion University, ODU coach Bobby Wilder, center, and his team celebrate after their24-20 win over Eastern Michigan in the Bahamas Bowl NCAA college football game, Friday, Dec. 23,2016, in Nassau, Bahamas. (Jason Coper/Old Dominion University via AP)
