At the center of a highprofile lawsuit before the u. S. Supreme court. Now heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Jessica aguirre hello, and welcome to our education special, class action, where we look at trends, politics, and controversies in schools. Im jessica aguirre. And tonight with begin with private college counseling, a growing industry, serving younger and younger students. Now, applying to college is anxious, nerveracking, and so stressful. So lots of students and their families want help, and some are turning to private counselors usually during the junior year of high school. But many students are working with College Counselors earlier, some as young as eighth grade. Stacy kadesh what were gonna do today, elizabeth, is were going to talk about the classes that you think you might wanna take in high school. Jessica Elizabeth Romero will start her freshman year of high school this fall, but shes already focused on college. Elizabeth romero whats it like applying to a college
Dont know about it. Announcer plus. Male education has become all about filling in a bubble rather than unlocking human potential. Announcer a new documentary profiles schools shaking up the status quo. Male we went on this quest to rethink school, to try to see it differently than weve ever seen it before. Announcer now, heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Jessica aguirre hello, and welcome to this news special in class action. We cover the hot topics in education, and tonight is no different. We begin with an effort to make school kids safer when the big one hits. As weve showed you on class action, Public School buildings are highly regulated for seismic safety, and will likely hold up well in the event of an earthquake. But what about private schools . It may surprise you to know that private schools are not regulated except in san francisco. It is the first and only city in california to require private schools do seismic evaluations. San francisco Friends School has an unusual s
Safety, and will likely hold up well in the event of an earthquake. But what about private schools . It may surprise you to know that private schools are not regulated except in san francisco. It is the first and only city in california to require private schools do seismic evaluations. San francisco Friends School has an unusual seismic story that starts with a historic old building. Male it was built to house levi strausss blue jean Assembly Plant back in 1906. Jessica before the school moved in, it had to do a massive retrofit. Male we completely gutted the entire building, basically put the entire building, 82,000 square feet on stilts, and lifted it up off of its then foundation, and then created a whole new foundation and set the Building Back down. Jessica everything inside this old building is basically new. Male you see a lot of steel everywhere, in every classroom, in every office, in every common area. Youll see these huge steel ibeams that are holding up the building in add
Saturday december 6th. Im claudine wong. Im mike me back. This is the rain gauge in the last 24 hours. Do you have a rain gauge at your house . I do. And mine has collected quite abet as well. You have competition. Its raining a lot and it woke me up. It was heavy overnight. It is still falling this morning. It wont last the entire day. Were having dry weather as we get into the afternoon. Lets look at Storm Tracker too. Well look at where the showers are falling. Lets start in the south bay. Overin the Santa Cruz Mountains as well. You can see a few scattered showers stretching into the south bay a few light showers in your neighborhood, areas like freemont and union city, this will continue through the earlymorning hours. We have fog out there as well. Visibility is down to a quarter mile in some areas. Take it easy if you have an Early Morning drive. Over in the east bay hills. We have it falling overhead for you. Were mainly dry, areas like santa rosa, were reporting pretty good fo
After friday prays, known isis members distributed pamphlets containing that guidance. Captors are allowed to have sexual relations with quote, unbelieving females. A disturbing document. More disturbances coming from this group. Ian lee is joining me from cairo. We know no members distributed this after friday prayers. What more do we know about this and what its in it . Reporter this doesnt come as a surprise. We have been hearing of these monstrous acts taking place. Talking to the residents in mosul is questions and answers on taking captives and slaves. A way of saying how you can take a slave and rape them. All female captives are vulnerable, including young girls. We are also hearing anyone with a slave can sell of gift them to someone else. The greatest sin of all is for a captive to run away from their master, sending a dire warning. Who are the slaves or who could be a slave . That is broad. Anyone who doesnt adhere to their strict and warped interation of their law. Anyone t