Education

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FILE - In this June 27, 2012 photograph is the entrance to St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. An attorney for a Kansas military school says the issues brought in a lawsuit in which 11 former students alleged abuse have been resolved. St. John's Military School attorney John Schultz said in an email Monday, March 2, 2014, that federal case is being dismissed. The court confirmed that the trial scheduled to begin Tuesday in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., has been cancelled. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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FILE - In this June 27, 2012 photograph is the entrance to St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, the school goes to trial in federal court over claims made by 11 former students who contend its practice of giving higher-ranking cadets the power to discipline younger ones encourages physical and mental abuse. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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Swan Valley Middle School principle Brad Erlenceck gets ready to ride the horse into the auditorium as part of the schools March Madness reading month, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 at Swan Valley Middle School in Thomas Township, Mich. His entrance drew cheers and laughter. It's all to rally kids for the March into Reading Month challenge to read 100,000 pages as a school. Students are competing against one another and the staff, and whichever grade reads the most pages in March earns a half-day of recess. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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Swan Valley Middle School principle Brad Erlenceck's horse is prepared before riding into the auditorium as part of the schools March Madness reading month, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 at Swan Valley Middle School in Thomas Township, Mich. His entrance drew cheers and laughter. It's all to rally kids for the March into Reading Month challenge to read 100,000 pages as a school. Students are competing against one another and the staff, and whichever grade reads the most pages in March earns a half-day of recess. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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Swan Valley Middle School students react as principle Brad Erlenceck rides a horse into the auditorium as part of the schools March Madness reading month, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 in Thomas Township, Mich. His entrance drew cheers and laughter. It's all to rally kids for the March into Reading Month challenge to read 100,000 pages as a school. Students are competing against one another and the staff, and whichever grade reads the most pages in March earns a half-day of recess. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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Swan Valley Middle School principle Brad Erlenceck addresses the student body after riding a horse into the auditorium as part of the schools March Madness reading month, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 at Swan Valley Middle School in Thomas Township, Mich. His entrance drew cheers and laughter. It's all to rally kids for the March into Reading Month challenge to read 100,000 pages as a school. Students are competing against one another and the staff, and whichever grade reads the most pages in March earns a half-day of recess. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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Swan Valley Middle School principle Brad Erlenceck rides a horse into the auditorium as part of the schools March Madness reading month, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 at Swan Valley Middle School in Thomas Township, Mich. His entrance drew cheers and laughter. It's all to rally kids for the March into Reading Month challenge to read 100,000 pages as a school. Students are competing against one another and the staff, and whichever grade reads the most pages in March earns a half-day of recess. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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Swan Valley Middle School principle Brad Erlenceck rides a horse into the auditorium as part of the schools March Madness reading month, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 at Swan Valley Middle School in Thomas Township, Mich. His entrance drew cheers and laughter. It's all to rally kids for the March into Reading Month challenge to read 100,000 pages as a school. Students are competing against one another and the staff, and whichever grade reads the most pages in March earns a half-day of recess. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Neil Barris) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT