New York public: the first accredited public high school for gay students will open its doors this fall.Twenty-five years after San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk was assassinated as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. , New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. is creating the first full-scale, accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. public high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered transgendered adjective Relating to a person who has undergone genital/sexual reassignment surgery Transgender health issues Hormonal therapy, cosmetic surgery, fertility options–eg, egg and sperm banking. See Sexual reassignment. Cf Transsexual. students and naming it after Milk. Students must be New York City residents and must go through an application process before being admitted. The Harvey Milk School will enroll about 100 students and open in a newly renovated building in the fall "I think everybody feels that it's a good idea because some of the kids who are gays and lesbians have been constantly "harassed and beaten in other schools," New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of mayor Michael Bloomberg says. "It lets them get an education without having to worry.". The school is an expansion of a two-classroom public school program of the same name that began in 1984. A gay-rights youth advocacy group, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, has managed and financed the Harvey Milk program since its inception. The new school's Web page says students will be given "an opportunity to obtain a secondary education in a safe and supportive environment.... We believe that success requires the ability to respect and value the diverse human community." |
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