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Article: Board discontinuing students' senior projects

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April 11, 2001
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OSKALOOSA USD 341

By LOU ANN THOMAS

Special to The Capital-Journal

OSKALOOSA --- After this year, seniors at Oskaloosa High School will no longer be required to complete a senior project to graduate.

In Monday night's 3-4 vote, the Oskaloosa Board of Education decided to drop the projects as a graduation requirement and to send the issue to committee for further study.

Seniors at Oskaloosa have been completing senior projects since 1996. The projects involve four components --- writing a research paper, obtaining a mentor, a hands-on project or activity that

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