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Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s ADHD Quiz #7: Eating Fish

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Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME’S ADHD QUIZ #7: EATING FISH

Q: True or False: Pregnant women who eat lots of fish are more likely to have children with ADHD?

A: True. Initial research suggests that pregnant women who eat lots of fish – especially tuna, swordfish and other fish with high mercury levels are more likely to have children with ADHD. Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health tracked 788 Massachusetts children between 1993 and 1998. Then they had the children’s mothers keep food diaries while they were pregnant so they could see how much fish the women ate. They took hair samples from them after they gave birth so they could test their mercury levels.

Eight years later, they asked the children’s teachers if the kids exhibited ADHD-like symptoms, such as hyperactivity, impulsiveness and inattentiveness. The researchers concluded that the women who had the most mercury in their hair were 60% more likely to have a child who exhibited ADHD-like behavior.

Non-Residents Force Towns To Pay Extra?

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The town of Brookline, MA is about to ask residents to vote for an additional $7,655,000 beyond their current school budget. This is $450 extra property tax per homeowner beyond the thousands per year they are currently paying. The schools claim that this money is needed due to 1,200 new students that have entered the system from 2004 to 2014.

What they are not telling you is that a large amount of these new students are non-resident students. These non-residents causing local citizens to pay for their expenses.

Tomorrow we will look at another giant rip off the town is about to ask voters to approve.

Non-Residents Force Towns To Pay Extra?

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The town of Brookline, MA is about to ask residents to vote for an additional $7,655,000 beyond their current school budget. This is $450 extra property tax per homeowner beyond the thousands per year they are currently paying. The schools claim that this money is needed due to 1,200 new students that have entered the system from 2004 to 2014.

What they are not telling you is that a large amount of these new students are non-resident students. These non-residents causing local citizens to pay for their expenses.

Tomorrow we will look at another giant rip off the town is about to ask voters to approve.

CAPS – Companion Animal Protection Society

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Watch for the test prep and tutoring gift certificate donation from Y3K Tutor In Your Home at the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS) MBTA Launch Party in Boston, MA. The money raised will go to promote their national ad campaign, Models Against Pet Shops and Puppy Mills. The ads are currently running on all of the MBTA commuter trains and at 20 Boston area train stations. This campaign educates consumers about the pet shop/puppy mill connection and encourages them to adopt, not shop.
CAPS is the only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy mills. They are working towards a world free from inhumane breeding and sales practices. CAPS can not do what they do without generous support so make sure you attend the MBTA Launch Party and bid generously on the Y3K Tutor In Your Home certificate.

ALICE (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate)

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ALICE (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) calls for alerting the police and implementing a lockdown in response to an armed attacker. This in itself is standard procedure in all schools. ALICE takes it a step further by training students and teachers to consider other options such as evacuating or fighting off the attacker. Teachers and students are trained in ways to stop the gunman as a last resort, if there are no other options.

What do you think about your kids being trained to fight off a gunman in school?

ALICE School Security Controversy

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After the Newtown, CT school shootings, schools have had to beef up security. Besides cameras and locked doors, some schools are turning to a new controversial method to keep our kids safe. Some school systems are turning to ALICE (Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate) which is a training program offered by a Texas based company that promotes alternatives to staying put when a gunman enters a school. Tomorrow we will uncover details about this controversial program.

Brookline Public Schools Enrollment Solution?

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Brookline Public Schools in Brookline, MA have a major problem with increased enrollment. They are considering the traditional approach of asking voters in the spring to approve property tax increases that would be used to fund expansions of multiple schools to accommodate the increasing number of students. The Brookline School Committee is also taking a non-traditional approach to dealing with this major drag on town finances. Recently there was a proposed policy that would exclude homes straddling the town borders with Boston and Newton from sending their children to Brookline schools unless they pay taxes on at least 50% of the property to Brookline. Under the new proposal, residents of a home on the town line must also qualify to register to vote in Brookline based on its location. If they don’t, the household’s children would not be allowed to attend Brookline schools.

Common Core State Standards Initiative Major Changes: Standardized Tests

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The Common Core State Standards Initiative will trigger a higher level of critical thinking and deeper understanding into your child’s curriculum. There will also be a new standardized test in English and math. The Common Core benchmarks will be supported by one of two new standardized tests in the 2014-2015 school year.

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