HERSHEY - Penn State's trustees heard Friday - if they didn't already know - that the firing of football coach Joe Paterno soon after Jerry Sandusky's arrest on child molestation charges remains an open wound among the school's vast ranks of alumni.

The subject was briefly debated by board members, but in a half-hour public comment section alumni were more heated, including calls for trustees to resign and for the NCAA to rescind its harsh sanctions imposed on the school last year.

The main target of criticism was the university's internal report into how university officials handled reports in 1998 and 2001 that Sandusky, a former assistant coach, was behaving inappropriately in team showers with boys. Sandusky was convicted of 45 criminal counts last year and is in state prison.

The report, produced by a team led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, has been a target of critics, including Paterno's family.

Paterno's firing, said alumnus Philip LaPorta of Leesburg, Va., has "wreaked havoc" on Paterno's family, the football program and the university.

"It is evident by the things that you have said and the things that you have failed to say regarding the Freeh report, your moral failure is cataclysmic," LaPorta told the board during a meeting at Hershey Medical Center. "Your failure in leadership is inexcusable."

Trustee Ken Frazier, for the second day, defended the Freeh report as independent and complete, based on available evidence and witnesses.

Frazier said the school had to "deal fairly and responsibly with the undeniable reality of harm to children on our campus by a former Penn State coach," and the documentary evidence that Freeh turned up was part of that process.

"We cannot put our heads in the sand and pretend that children were not hurt or that the documents do not exist," he said.

Frazier cautioned against investigating the Freeh report, warning it would be an attempt to rewrite history that would damage efforts to move the school past "this horrible event."

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FELTON

Registration open for SLV Elementary

Registration is now open for kindergarten to fifth-grade and for transitional kindergarten for the 2013-2014 school year at San Lorenzo Valley Elementary School.

To be eligible for kindergarten, children must be age 5 by Oct. 1. To be eligible for Transitional Kindergarten Academy, children must turn 5 between June 1 and Dec. 1. You can pick up a registration packet at the SLVE office at 7155 Highway 9, Felton, between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Be sure to bring a copy of your child's birth certificate, immunization records and proof of residency. Kindergarten and first-grade students will also need to have a physical and oral health exam. For information, call 831-335-4475 or go to http://www.sle.slvusd.org.

SANTA CRUZ

Open house slated

Santa Cruz Children's School (K-6) will hold an open house 4-5 p.m. on April 2 at the school, 366 Gault St., Santa Cruz.

This event is an opportunity for parents to meet the kindergarten teacher and tour the school. Refreshments will be served.

For information, go to http://www.scchildrensschool.com call 831-429-8444.

WATSONVILLE

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Posted on: 9:54 pm, March 14, 2013, by Rebecca Roberts, updated on: 10:09pm, March 14, 2013

ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR) On Thursday night, alumni of a St. Louis magnet school made their final plea to keep their institution from shutting its doors.

St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kelvin Adams set Thursday as the deadline to gather information before making this decision.

Cleveland NJROTC boasts high academic achievement and graduation rates. However, this junior naval academy is the smallest high school in St. Louis, with just 266 students. The superintendent says its low enrollment makes it too costly to keep open: Obviously that raises some concern for us about whats going to happen long term. The numbers have not necessarily been going up; theyve been going down or stabilizing, so we need to get more kids into the school.

Thats why several concerned alumni came up with a plan to raise awareness about Cleveland. Throughout the past few weeks, theyve been attending town hall meetings, gathering more than 2,000 signatures and going door to door throughout the neighborhood. Several alums also came up with a plan to increase enrollment, which they presented in a closed session to school administrators.

The multifaceted plan includes increasing parental support, raising funds to buy larger signs for the school, adding naval recruiters, and possibly combining the academy with a bio-medical school instead of keeping it in its current building.

Adams says hell weigh all of these suggestions when making his decision: I think they have galvanized really well, and have articulated how they feel about it, and thats positive. The superintendent will present his decision on closing Cleveland at Wednesdays school board meeting. The board will then vote on whether to approve his recommendation.

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