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Quanta Smith is embraced by her daughter, Kia, 9, following a reading session inside her daughter's third grade classroom at Mendota Elementary School in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 28, 2014. The Madison School District is opening its schools to students' parents as a way to engage families. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)
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In this photo provided by Michael Bennett is W. "Jay" Jordan, a University of Notre Dame alumnus and also a board of trustee member. Notre Dame said Friday, May 2, 2014 that Jordan, co-founder of a private equity firm, has donated $75 million to the university to be used to bolster its efforts to become one of the nation's top research schools. Notre Dame said the donation is the largest in the school's history. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Michael Bennett, Lighthouse Imaging) MANDATORY CREDIT
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High school students play with a beach ball as they wait for first lady Michelle Obama to speak during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. First Lady Michelle Obama was the guest speaker. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A high school student holds a sign while listening to first lady Michelle Obama speaks during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks to high school students during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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High school students listen as first lady Michelle Obama speaks during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, left, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, greet high school students during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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First lady Michelle Obama leads high school students in a pledge for higher education during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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First lady Michelle Obama greets high school students during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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First lady Michelle Obama speaks to high school students during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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First lady Michelle Obama hugs a high school student during College Signing Day, an annual celebration of San Antonio high school seniors committing themselves to higher education, Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Bombs were allegedly found in March at Hartley Elementery School playground in Waseca. Authorities said Thursday, May 1, 2014, that they prevented an "unimaginable tragedy" by foiling a teenager's elaborate plot to kill his family and bomb the junior and senior high school in the southern Minnesota city of Waseca. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune,Glen Stubbe)