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Culture shrub A late summer festival at the Navy Yard looks to plant thoughts of autumn into everyone’s mind Saturday. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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abor Day marked the unofficial end of the summer respite and its associated pleasures. Come Saturday; however, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society will prove that autumn’s offerings are no less splendid. The organization will prune away any fears that fun ends when the summer withers with its Fall Garden Festival at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Marine Parade Ground, Broad Street and Constitution Avenue. Beginning at 11 a.m., the festival guarantees four hours of family fun and horSee GARDEN FESTIVAL page 12
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A full parking lot signals the start of a new school year for the students and staff of South Philadelphia High School. With a new principal and measures to appreciate diversity in place, the institution is hoping to move beyond last year’s drama.
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A federal executive department has found merit in an advocacy group’s civil rights claim against the school district. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
A teenage marksman A local phenom bested a trio of top tennis stars at an annual children’s event in New York.
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sunlit sky greeted students Tuesday as they opened the 2010-11 school year. Those attending South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., are hoping to dispel the figurative clouds that darkened last year. Their facility has instituted numerous changes, including the installation of a new principal. They likely have received their biggest assist, however, from the U.S.
Department of Justice, which has found merit in a complaint against the School District of Philadelphia stemming from the December ’09 attacks at and around the school. The DOJ has determined Aug. 27 that a January complaint from a national advocacy group possesses enough credibility to initiate discussions of further reform for the beleaguered school, according to published reports. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed the complaint on behalf of Asian
students who became victims of violence Dec. 2 and 3. The reports reveal the district receivied notice from the federal government to have the school devise means to staunch the race-related issues that have diminished the Asian students’ sense of safety. The district and the DOJ remain in discussion on how to resolve matters, with Michael Davis, the former’s general counsel, stating in a release “the district will not See SOUTHERN page 9