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"Pleasantville High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the City of Pleasantville, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Pleasantville Public Schools, an Abbott District.Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2016. Students from Absecon attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Absecon Public School District.Prisament, Steve. "Taxes rising as more Absecon students opt for public high school" , Shore News Today, March 10, 2011. Accessed May 23, 2011. "'The increase in high school tuition for 2011-'12 is the reason we qualified for a tuition adjustment and is the reason for our 6.1-cent tax increase,' Superintendent James Giaquinto said Monday, March 7. 'We have budgeted $363,000 for Charter Tech, $370,000 for Pleasantville High School and $375,000 for Atlantic County Institute of Technology.'" As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 828 students and 68.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 621 students (75.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 41 (5.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Pleasantville High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020. Awards, recognition and rankings In 2004, the Try-Math-A-Lon Team won the National Championship at the National Society of Black Engineers Conference (NSBE) in Dallas, Texas.Brand, John. "PLEASANTVILLE CELEBRATES MATH-A-LON CHAMPIONS", The Press of Atlantic City, March 22, 2004. Accessed February 6, 2012. "'Pleasantville High School is the home of the 2004 national champions of the Try-Math-A-Lon! You let the nation know that we do have students who are high achievers. We do have students who can compete at a national level and win,' she added." In 2010 and 2011, the Try-Math-A-Lon teams won the regional championships and progressed to the Nationals in Boston and Orlando respectively where they placed second both years.Staff. "Pleasantville math team takes 2nd place", The Current of Pleasantville, December 1, 2011. Accessed December 7, 2015. The school was the 311th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014. The school had been ranked 267th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 299th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2012. The magazine ranked the school 309th in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2011. The school was ranked 281st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state."Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed May 24, 2011. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 363rd out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 6 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 6, 2012. Athletics The Pleasantville High School GreyhoundsPleasantville High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 7, 2015. compete in the National Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and private and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, operating under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 15, 2020. With 566 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016. The football team competes in the United Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconferenceDivisions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 5, 2020.Minnick, Kevin. "Football: Entering 10th season, a new leader for state’s second-largest conference", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 8, 2019. Accessed September 5, 2020. "The WJFL was created in 2010 as a way to help teams play a full schedule and face opponents of similar size, ability and geographical location.... The league is comprised of 16 divisions and includes better than 90 high schools." and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2018–2020.NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed September 1, 2020. Interscholastic sports offered at Pleasantville High School include: *Fall sports: Football (M), Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball, Tennis and Cheerleading *Winter sports: Indoor Track, Basketball, Swim (Co-ed) and Cheerleading *Spring sports: Baseball, Softball, Tennis, and Track & Field. All sports compete at the Varsity and Junior Varsity level. Some sports may offer a freshman team.Pleasantville High School Sports , NJ.com. Accessed February 6, 2012. The school has had a longstanding sports rivalry with Atlantic City High School. The best known is between the basketball teams of both schools, an event that is referred to as "Battle By The Bay" which started in 1994. Atlantic City High won 13 games and Pleasantville has won 6. The cheerleading battle between both schools is considered to be one of the highlights of the event.Rosenfeld, Josh. "NJ Boys Basketball: Battle By The Bay Highlights Weekend Events", The Star-Ledger, February 4, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2011. The girls' basketball team won the Group II state championships in 1978 vs. Lyndhurst High School and in 1981 vs. Queen of Peace High School. The boys' basketball team won the Group II title in 1974 vs. Hillside High School, in 1995 vs. Boonton High School and in 1996 vs. Dwight Morrow High School.NJSIAA Group Basketball Past Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 7, 2015. The boys' track team won the NJSIAA indoor relay championships in Group II in 1991 and in Group I in both 2012 and 2013.History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 7, 2015. In 2010, the cross country team won the Cape-Atlantic League conference championship, finishing the season undefeated with a record of 10-0.Staff. "Cross country roundup: Jacob and Isaac Clark keep Pleasantville boys undefeated", The Press of Atlantic City, September 22, 2010. Accessed May 24, 2011. In 2011, Pleasantville's track and field won two state titles at the Group I indoor track and field championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River.Staff. "Pleasantville wins two state Group I indoor track and field titles", The Press of Atlantic City, February 19, 2011. Accessed May 24, 2011. "Pleasantville High School won two state titles Friday at the Group I indoor track and field championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River. Dontaye Rivera won the shot put in 56 feet, 6 inches. Pleasantville's 1,600-meter relay team of Shelby Williams, Jacob Clark, Jaycob Haines and Isaac Clark won in 3 minutes, 31.98 seconds." Shooting Six suspects were arrested after a shooting broke out during the third quarter of a November 2019 football playoff game in Pleasantville against Camden High School, with Camden leading by a score of 6-0.Rowan, Tommy; Anastasia, Phil; Bender, William. "Six men arrested in connection with shooting at Camden-Pleasantville football playoff game", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2019. Accessed November 16, 2019. "Six men have been arrested, one on charges of attempted murder, in connection with a shooting that left three people — including a 10-year-old boy — wounded Friday night at a playoff football game between Camden and Pleasantville High Schools. The shooting at the Pleasantville High School Athletic Complex during the third quarter of the game was the result of an unspecified dispute out of nearby Atlantic City, police said at a news conference Saturday afternoon." A 10-year-old victim, one of four injured spectators, died days later.Longman, Jeré; Garcia, Sandra E.; and Zaveri, Mihir. "10-Year-Old Boy Who Was Shot at High School Football Game Dies The victim was a spectator at a Friday night playoff game in New Jersey.", The New York Times, November 20, 2019. Accessed November 20, 2019. "But the mood at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon was not primarily one of triumph, as news spread that earlier that day a 10-year-old boy, Micah Tennant, one of three people injured in the shooting, had died.... He was a spectator at the playoff game at Pleasantville High School on Friday. Camden High School was ahead, 6-0, when, just before 8:30 p.m., with 17 minutes remaining in the game, the shooting unfolded, sending spectators and players scrambling for safety." 31-year-old Alvin Wyatt, the suspected shooter pled not guilty to his charges which include murder, attempted murder, and weapons offenses.https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/crime/hearings- trials-in-atlantic-county-superior-court-postponed-again-due-to- covid-19/article_34bf4978-1735-50c3-8efb-b744ebf729e7.html Notable alumni * Nia Ali (born 1988, class of 2006), track and field athlete, who specializes in the 100 m hurdles, heptathlon and other events.McGarry, Michael. "Pleasantville grad Nia Ali overcame adversity to make Olympic team", The Press of Atlantic City, July 30, 2016. Accessed August 10, 2016. "The 2006 Pleasantville High School graduate will compete in the 100-meter hurdles when the Olympics begin in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.... Ali moved to Pleasantville for her senior year of high school." * Dino Hall (born 1955), former running back for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League who became a Physical Education teacher at the high school.Narducci, Marc. "Hall Trying To Revive Pleasantville", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 23, 1986. Accessed May 24, 2011. "When Dino Hall played at Pleasantville, he wanted things very badly. Since he stands only 5-feet-7 and weighs 165 pounds, a good portion of the former running back's skill was derived from his desire to win. Hall enjoyed a prosperous, five-year career with the Cleveland Browns after graduating from Glassboro State in 1979." * Gene Hart (1931–1999), sports announcer for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia Phantoms of the American Hockey League.Caller, You're on the Air, Atlantic City Weekly, June 1, 2006. "The late, legendary Gene Hart is best known as the voice of the Philadelphia Flyers, but the Pleasantville High School graduate got his start in the field of broadcasting in Atlantic County." * Ralph Peterson Jr. (born 1962, class of 1980), jazz drummer and bandleader."Peterson the drummer comes home to Pleasantville", The Current of Pleasantville and Absecon, May 14, 2014. Accessed October 3, 2017. "Ralph Peterson Jr., one of Pleasantville High School's most remembered students, came home on Monday, May 12, to talk about life, success and failure to about 50 middle school and high school students." * Dave Vonner (born 1972), toy designer.Post, Michelle Brunetti. "Comic book fan and Pleasantville High School graduate helps make action figures at Hasbro", The Press of Atlantic City, January 29, 2011. Accessed September 21, 2015. "David Vonner, 38, grew up in Atlantic City's Pitney Village and graduated in 1990 from Pleasantville High School, where he was a talented artist, comic book fan and a bit of a class clown." Administration Core members of the school's administration are[http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/High%20School/AdministrativeTeam/ High School Administrative Team. Accessed September 7, 2020. * Howard Johnson, Principal * Andrea Atkins-Turner, Assistant Principal * Rayna Hendricks, Assistant Principal References External links *Pleasantville High School *Pleasantville Public Schools * *School Data for the Pleasantville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics *South Jersey Sports: Pleasantville HS Category:Pleasantville, New Jersey Category:Absecon, New Jersey Category:Public high schools in Atlantic County, New Jersey "
"Autoclaved (left) and unautoclaved (right) autoclave tape Autoclave tape is an adhesive tape used in autoclaving (heating under high pressure with steam to sterilise) to indicate whether a specific temperature has been reached. Autoclave tape works by changing color after exposure to temperatures commonly used in sterilization processes, typically 121°C in a steam autoclave. Small strips of the tape are applied to the items before they are placed into the autoclave. The tape is similar to masking tape but slightly more adhesive, to allow it to adhere under the hot, moist conditions of the autoclave. One such tape has diagonal markings containing an ink which changes colour (usually beige to black) upon heating. It is important to note that the presence of autoclave tape that has changed color on an item does not ensure that the product is sterile, as the tape will change color upon exposure only. For steam sterilization to occur, the entire item must completely reach and maintain 121°C for 15–20 minutes with proper steam exposure to ensure sterilization. The color-changing indicator of tape is usually lead carbonate based, which decomposes to lead(II) oxide. To protect users from lead -- and because this decomposition can occur at many moderate temperatures -- manufactures may protect the lead carbonate layer with a resin or polymer that is degraded under steam at high temperature. Footnotes and references Category:Laboratory equipment Category:Medical equipment Category:Medical hygiene Category:Microbiology equipment "
"Initiative 200 was a Washington state initiative to the Legislature promoted by California affirmative-action opponent Ward Connerly, and filed by Scott Smith and Tim Eyman, a mail-order salesman from Mukilteo, Washington.http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Eyman-stripped-of- control-1080158.php It sought to prohibit racial and gender preferences by state and local government. It was on the Washington ballot in November 1998 and passed with 58.22% of the vote. It added to Washington's law (but not its constitution) the following language: Initiative 200 effectively curtailed any form of affirmative action in the state.https://www.kirklandreporter.com/news/i-1000-passes-state-legislature- as-advocates-hope-to-increase-equality/ In April 2019, the Washington Legislature passed Initiative 1000, ending the ban on affirmative action.https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington- lawmakers-pass-initiative-1000-ending-a-2-decade-ban-on-affirmative-action/ However, in November 2019, Referendum 88 blocked Initiative 1000 from going into effect.https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/with-nearly- all-ballots-counted-voters-reject-washingtons-affirmative-action-measure/ Background In the late 1960s and early 1970s, as the civil rights movement came to an end, states nationwide developed policies as a form of remedy aimed to help mitigate the impact of institutionalized racism, sexism, etc. The policies were created to give special consideration to underrepresented minorities when state contracts and hiring where involved.https://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1994/1994_93_1841 In doing so the state believed that the availability of opportunities would help in the advancement of underrepresented minorities. Chapter 49.60 RCW, which prohibited discrimination against any person on basis of race, color, creed, national origin, family and marital statute, sex, age, or disability, was the standing Washington law prior to the enactment of Initiative 200, and had been upheld previously by courts and the Human Rights Commission. Included in the statute was a provision requiring state agencies access to affirmative action strategies to increase opportunities amongst racial minorities, including women, and veterans. State funded schools and universities were granted authority to establish their own entrance and admissions program with entrance requirements. The requirements outlined in the admission program must have complied with all federal laws prohibiting discrimination. Some universities had admissions policies in which the objective was to select students who had demonstrated capacity, high quality work, and who would contribute to a diverse student body.https://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2002/2002_02_241/ Initiative Initiative 200, a Washington State statute enacted by direct public vote took place in November 1998. The voting took place statewide, with approximately 1.9 million voters taking to the polls. 58.2 percent, or a grand total of 1,099,410 voters supported the measure. Statewide, all counties passed the statute, with only one exception, King County, in all places but Seattle.http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/toward-an-equal- society-making-initiative-200-work Following the initiative's passage, Washington Governor Gary Locke, who had opposed the initiative, issued a directive to guide state agencies in its implementation.https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/GovernorLocke/eo/dir98-01.htm The governor's directive was criticized as "timid" by the free-market think tank Washington Policy Center.https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/toward-an-equal- society-making-initiative-200-work Opposition and outcomes Proponents of I-200 said it was a step toward a "colorblind" society, a promise of the equality of merit and the limited role of government to make that so. However, opponents have noted that colorblind ideologies individualize conflicts and shortcomings, rather than examining the larger picture with cultural differences, stereotypes, and values placed into context. Among the outspoken opponents of the measure included former Governor Gary Locke.http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19981011&slug;=2777038 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Editorial Board also noted: Opponents continue to point to the negative impact of I-200 on higher education, particularly in the face of the State's substantial growth of minority groups and the demand for an educated workforce. A draft report by the Higher Education Coordinating Board shows that Washington State African Americans, Hispanic and American Indian students "were not participating -- nor were they achieving academically -- at rates comparable to statewide averages." While I-200 was enacted, more than half of all American Indians who graduated from high school were college bound. In 2003, those numbers dropped to 38 percent.http://www.wsac.wa.gov/sites/default/files/DiversityReport_001.pdf In addition, opponents have criticized Tim Eyman, the Initiative's sponsor, for diverting campaign funds meant for several ballot initiatives he sponsored for personal use. In 2000 and 2001, it was discovered that Eyman diverted as much as $200,000 in campaign funds for several of his initiatives.http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Eyman-stripped-of- control-1080158.php References Category:History of affirmative action in the United States Category:Government of Washington (state) Category:Opposition to affirmative action "