Get into college. How great is that . This past june, 100 of the graduating senior class was accepted to fouryear colleges and universities. All right, the question we have how do you do that . And what can other schools learn from the new Heights Academy Charter School . Here to discuss their approach to education christina brown, executive director of the school, and milenny then, a latina instructor from the school, teaches italian. Ill hear about that in just a second. Because that is something that it sets the bar high, does it not, for other schools. It does. Is it at the point where youre getting phone calls from administrators and teachers at other schools that hear a statistic like that and say just what i said, how do you do that . Not yet. Not yet . But i bet were working toward it. Youre working towards it. Give me some basic rules or techniques that help you reach that stunning figure. What is it that you and milenny and the staff at the school 85. All 85 kids in this year
Story is still happening right now. Sportscaster erin andrews is testifying in the civil trial over that secret video recording of her nude inside her hotel room. She is seeking 75 million in the lawsuit that names the man convicted of stalking her, along with a Nashville Hotel and its management company. For like three months everybody thought it was a publicity stunt. On the front page of the New York Post the espn scandal. Fox news and cbs, everybody put up that i was doing it for publicity and attention. And that rips me apart. Earlier today, jurors watched a tape deposition of Michael David barrett the man convicted of stalking the popular secretly recording nude videos. Why did you decide to do that . Its a great question. Id like to hear the answer. So would i too. I dont have the answer. Ive thought about it over and over. The financial bind i was in. It was a huge mistake in judgment. Attorneys for the nashville marriott say they were duped as well. They claim barrett manipula
Them this week as the tributes continue to grow here at psa5. Authorities will start the week probing this new possible break in the case. Something that came about yesterday after nearly 100 officers searched the fdr side by side looking for any possible evidence of this case. Its something that shut down the fdr for a short time. They were looking for any bullets fired at officer holder. Around 3 00 a. M. On sunday, divers recovered a handgun that they say is consistent with the weapon used to kill the officer during a foot chase in east harlem last week. It was under about 20 feet of water, and Authorities Say the nypds scuba team searched for it on their stomachs and really recovered it by hand. As they prepare to lay him to rest this week, officer holders loved ones paid tribute to his memory on sunday. I told this to his father. I said, we will always be here for you. We have an extended family that will never forget you. Makes me feel relaxed until im trying to cope the best i c
Morning. Good morning, chris. We have some problems out there on the roads already. Well head to duchess county where route 9 is shut down southbound between main street and middlebush road. And an accident on the new york state throughway southbound at exit 14. Well have more weather and traffic coming up. Thank you very much. Right now police are waiting for test results to see if a gun taken from the east river is one used to kill an nypd officer. Tracie strahan is in east harlem where that officer was stationed. Reporter darlene, a lot of work ahead for Forensic Experts this week. Now that they have that possible break in the case, they have to tests that 40caliber block to see if it was the same one used to claim the life of randolph holder. By side sunday, looking for evidence to help the d. A. Prosecute 38yearold tyrone howard. Authorities say the firearm recovered early sunday has the same characteristics as the one that theyre looking for. It was down in 20 feet of water, and
No word there on any injuries yet either. We are working to get confirmed details on both of these stories. Now we go to an horrific story in new jersey. A boy just four years old falls out of an apartment window. The child died. This happened on newark avenue in jersey city. Michael george is there with new information. Reporter the fouryearold boy fell from a fifth floor window in this apartment building. They rushed him to the hospital but he couldnt be saved. Now some people who live here are asking could this have been pre prevented. Fire Department Radio calls reported the horrific accident. A fouryearold in this jersey city apartment dropped out of this window and fell five stories to the apartment be parking lot below. Apartment building, trying to determine exactly how the boy fell. Witnesses who saw the tragedy unfold want answers too. Very difficult. Im very sorry for that child and that family too. Reporter denise used to live in this apartment and she told us it would be e