BRIEFLY : VERDICT TO BE READ IN BABY DEATH CASE.PASADENA - A jury reached a partial verdict partial verdict n. in a criminal trial, when the jury finds the defendant guilty of one or more charges but not guilty of one or more other charges. (See: verdict) Friday in the case of a Glendale woman accused of killing her newborn baby. But because there was no Korean interpreter available Friday for defendant Jimi Lee, the verdicts will be read Monday, said defense attorney David Tardiff. Lee is charged with first-degree murder in the March 23, 1998, death of her baby girl. Prosecutors say Lee gave birth that day, put the crying infant in a trash can In the Macintosh, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The trash can keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. in the Glendale apartment she shares with her family and suffocated the baby by placing heavy wet towels over her face. Glendale police found the child in a Dumpster in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on March 24. The full-term baby was wrapped in a plastic bag inside a trash can. Tardiff denies that his client killed the baby. He said the child drowned in its own amniotic fluid amniotic fluid n. The fluid within the amnion that surrounds the fetus and protects it from injury. Amniotic fluid The liquid that surrounds the baby within the amniotic sac. minutes after birth. - Daily News Bilingual program wins school praise BURBANK - A bilingual-education advocacy group has awarded George Washington Elementary School Several Elementary Schools, most named after George Washington, first president of the United States, have the name Washington Elementary School' including:
The award, given by the California Association for Bilingual Education bilingual education, the sanctioned use of more than one language in U.S. education. The Bilingual Education Act (1968), combined with a Supreme Court decision (1974) mandating help for students with limited English proficiency, requires instruction in the native , recognizes bilingual education programs that show consistent student achievement in English, professional staff development and active, reliable parent involvement. Under Proposition 227, students need waivers to be enrolled in a traditional bilingual education class. The school has a student body that is 50 percent limited English proficient. School Principal Joan Baca owes the program's success to parent support and ``an incredibly strong staff that can teach in the children's primary language.'' The program is structured so that students who are not proficient in English are able to read and write in their new language by fourth grade. - Daily News |
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