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Add Comment | Comments: 0 | Posted Feb. 25, 2010

The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations is holding its second of 11 public hearings on school violence 4 to 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at Myers Recreation Center, 58th St. and Kingsessing Ave.

The focus is on violence motivated by race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Students, parents, faculty, police, community members and youth-service organizations are scheduled to give testimony about violence in the city’s public schools and will offer suggestions for change.

Higher learning

The Mayor’s Office of Education opened its new PhillyGoes2College location and launched a companion Web site, www.PhillyGoes2College.com, to encourage more residents to attend and complete college. The office is the next step in Mayor Michael Nutter’s education agenda to double the percentage of Philadelphians who attend and complete college in the next five to 10 years.

The marks are in

Local resident Jesse Whitley made the University of Delaware’s dean’s list for the fall semester. The senior mechanical engineering major needed to attain a grade point averages of 3.33 or above.

Neumann-Goretti grad Hai-Lung Dai secured his spot on Temple University’s dean’s list by closing out the fall semester with a 3.57 grade point average or better. He is continuing his studies at the school’s College of Science and Technology.