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		<title>Boys basketball advances to CIF round two after win over Camarillo</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Zane Franklin Sports Editor In the first round of CIF, the Mira Costa boys basketball team triumphed over Adolfo Camarillo High School on Feb. 17. The Mustangs won 79-71 on the road, making their record 18-9. Junior Cole Feaster led the Costa effort with 26 points and six assists. Juniors Oliver Mausner and Kevin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Mitch Williams resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nick Block Staff Writer On Jan. 30 Mitch Williams, a Mira Costa teacher in the computer department for over four years, resigned from his position at Mira Costa after he was offered a job for a computer corporation that Williams claimed was “much like NVIDIA.” At Mira Costa, Williams taught in specialized areas like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Model United Nations travels to Georgetown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Angelina Vollucci Staff Writer Mira Costa Model United Nations members competed at the North American Invitational Model United Nations conference, hosted by Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 16-19, for their second major conference of the year. Before MUN left for the Georgetown conference on Feb. 13, MUN students prepared weeks in advance. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New California budget could be detrimental to education spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alex White Interim Opinion Editor The new California state budget, presented to the state legislature by Gov. Jerry Brown, has a tax initiative that could make severe cuts to certain areas like education, which would be detrimental to citizens. The budget, which was released in early January 2012, has the potential for $4.8 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too much parent input can hurt learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ari Howorth Staff Writer In an effort to control material taught to children, parents nationwide have begun making an effort to change schools’ curriculum. They have gathered public support using petitions to eventually pass laws. What started as a localized complaint has become a dangerous movement of parents. This inconsistent concept of altering curriculum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vice Principal Jennie Wright returns to Mira Costa after maternity leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ari Howorth Staff Writer After taking a maternity leave for the first semester of the school year, Jennie Wright (pictured right) returned to Mira Costa and resumed her previous job as vice principal at the end of January. Wright’s last day of work before her leave was the last day of the 2010-11 school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gray pleads guilty, receives three-year prison sentence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Danny Kelleher Executive News Editor Former Mira Costa instructional assistant Chris Gray plead guilty to one count of sexual misconduct under California Penal Code 288 (a) on Jan. 5 at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles and was subsequently sentenced to three years in California state prison. The Manhattan Beach Police Department originally arrested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police arrest Mira Costa student</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Danny Kelleher Executive News Editor Detectives from the Manhattan Beach Police Department arrested a male 16-year-old Mira Costa student at his home in Manhattan Beach at 3:40 p.m. on Feb. 7. The student was arrested for allegedly making criminal threats to at least four other Mira Costa students and one Costa teacher, along with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Legion selects Hadley, Webster, James</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michelle McKenna Staff Writer The American Legion announced the Mira Costa winners for Boys State and Girls State last week. Juniors Jack Hadley and Jackson Webster won the Boys State selections, and junior Hannah James won for Girls State. Participants are exposed through mock government to the various rights, duties and responsibilities of U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa plans for future honors earth science course in 2013</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Taylor St. Germain Staff Writer Starting in the 2013-14 school year, Mira Costa will offer an Honors earth science course to juniors and seniors interested in a rigorous geology course. Students will be required to have taken CP biology, CP chemistry, and Algebra 2 as prerequisites for the course. The honors course will cover [...]]]></description>
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