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All accord
Two agreements will require the school district to address harassment at a Lower Moyamensing high school. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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xactly one year after Asian students ended an eight-day, violence-induced boycott of South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., the School District of Philadelphia vowed to keep them and their educational brethren free from harassment, agreeing to guidelines from two probes into its safety procedures. Acquiescing Dec. 15 places the district under federal and state observation through 2013 and will instigate changes, some already begun, inside Southern, a school wishing to replace its dubious past with a stellar future. See AGREEMENTS page 9
Sports
On Christmas’ doorstep Area houses are all decked out for the holiday season. Some illuminate the night with bright lights while others prefer garland and miniature Santas. For more seasonal photos, see page 12. Photo by Ilana Bagel
Outfoxed
Stock stuffer
A Nigerian native is continuing her country’s basketball lineage at a Passyunk Square school. By Joseph Myers................Page 42
Expecting clemency, waterfront casino investors instead had their license revoked last Thursday. By Joseph Myers R e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
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n their attempt to bring Pennsylvania its 11th casino, investors, including Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider, had hoped for an 11th-hour extension of their Foxwoods Casino Project.
On Dec. 16, however, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board voted 6-1 to revoke a 2006 license that cost the investors $50 million and steady provisions of grief. The decision likely dooms a plan many feel would stimulate the local economy and others posit would work against their ideas for beautifying the Delaware
River waterfront. Revoking a gaming license for the first time in its six-year history, the board decided against giving another lifeline to the See FOXWOODS page 8