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By Brett Kelman • Pacific Daily News • August 22, 2008 Parents and students felt fortunate yesterday to begin class at three schools in Northern Guam that are newer, cleaner and closer to home than where they were last year. Three new schools -- Liguan Elementary, Astumbo Middle and Okkodo High schools -- opened yesterday. The schools were built to alleviate crowding in the troubled Guam Public School System,... [read full story]                    

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Three new schools open today: Superintendent calls opening a 'major milestone'

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Okkodo, Astumbo, Liguan to open on Thursday

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guampdn.com: Ready for classes: Catherine Tomanda, a third-grade teacher at Liguan Elementary School, places books on a shelf yesterday in preparation for the first day of classes at the new school today. guampdn.com

Three new schools open today: Superintendent calls opening a 'major milestone'

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Aug 21, 2008
        

By Brett Kelman • Pacific Daily News • August 21, 2008 High school senior Kevin Wang feels like a freshman again. Wang and more than 2,000 other students start classes at three new schools in Northern Guam today. Wang transfers...

                   

New schools open with inadequate staffing

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Aug 21, 2008
        

It may have been 9 days later than the majority of other public schools, but today marked the first day of classes for the island's three new northern schools. Four years of planning and construction all led to today's opening....

Officials conduct inspection at Astumbo Middle

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Aug 20, 2008
        

An inspection of Astumbo Middle School was conducted this afternoon as officials tour the Dededo facility to see if things are in order for students to begin classes. GPSS Superintendent Dr. Nerissa Bretania Shafer has said the...

New schools to open tomorrow

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Aug 20, 2008
        

By Brett Kelman • Pacific Daily News • August 20, 2008 Three new schools in Northern Guam are expected to open tomorrow -- seven school days late. Simon Sanchez High School isn't so lucky. Yesterday, Guam Public School System...

New northern schools set to open Thursday

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Aug 20, 2008
        

Important news for parents whose children are scheduled to attend the three new northern schools, according to GPSS they are tentatively scheduled to open tomorrow. Liguan Elementary, Astumbo Middle and Okkodo High School were...

Okkodo, Astumbo, Liguan to open on Thursday

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Aug 20, 2008
        

9 days behind schedule and the three northern schools will open tomorrow. Public Health issued the sanitary permits for Astumbo Middle and Okkodo High School today. GPSS still needs to fill teacher vacancies in both schools but...

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