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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION U.S. High Schools Face Onslaught Of Children in Next Four Years BY GENARO ARMAS ableto start elementary school THEASS SOCIATEDPRESS over the next four years — increased 4 percent to 19.2 mil- than 20 million children will lion in 2000. “We are finding even more reach high school age in four schools in moreplaces holding WASHINGTON — More classes in hallways, and increasing class sizes in an age when weare talking about the need to reduceit,” said Kath- years, posing daunting chaland from otherstates. Both age brackets were also affected by a higher-than- projected countof Latinos, analysts said. There may also be more kids ready to start school leen Lyons, spokeswoman for “soon than tallied because chilthe National Education dren under 5 are typically missed more in a census than Association. Preparing for the expected other age groups, said demogonslaught of students “really rapher Martha Farnsworth comes down to finances,” she Riche, former headof the Census Bureau. said. The 10-to-14 category — Overcrowding, teacher mainly children of the large shortages and inadequate inbaby boom generation — in- struction for non-Englishcreased in nearly all states. The speaking students are lenges for school districts already coping with classroom crowding nation’s fastest-growing states saw surges in the under-5 population as well, as booming economies drewyoung couples teacher shortages. Nationally, the number of children ages10 to 14 increased 20 percent in the past decade to 20.5 million, according to the 200¢ census. A 10-year-old in 2000 would be 14 in 2004, the age by which most students start highschool. The numberof children age 4and under—those whowill be STARTS TODAY! SHOP EXTRA Zz P| VO Wednesday, May23, 2001 House Approves Bush Plan for Annual StudentTesting THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS countrythat gets federal dollars,” said Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, chairman ofthe edu- WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday cation committee. To critics of testing, he ratified President Bush’s plan for annual math and reading tests for millions of elementaryandjunior high schoolers, the cor- said:“It’s time to take our headsout of the sand and quit ignoring incompetence and quit ignoring that someof our kids, too many nerstoneof the newadministration’slegisla- of them,are notlearning.” Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., wholed the tion to improve student performance in classrooms across the country. The255-173 vote marked a solid victoryfor effort to delete the testing provision, coun- the presidentanda bipartisan coalition on the first of several key challengesto the measure that Bush has declared his top domestic homelike controlling their schools. They’re notlooking for another mandate.” tered that school “superintendents back As written, the bill would havetests de- priority. “Thecore ofthis bill is to require real accountability from everyschooldistrict in the challenges schools in New York; Chicago and Los Angeles -have long encountered. Now those issues are causing head- aches in 1990s boom areaslike Las Vegas. The Clark County, Nev., signed by the states and administered to pupils in grades three througheight each year to measure performance in math and reading. schooldistrict, which includes Las Vegas, forecasts it will add between 10,000 and 15,000 new students a year. Ten new school buildings opened this school year, with 15 new ones scheduled to be completed by theend ofthe next schoolyear. Lyons said the federal government can lift part of the burdenbysteppingin to build new schools, Other solutions include better pay and benefits to hire andretain teachers. 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