31.   DeGrasse said the state had shortchanged city schools for decades.

32.   Crew had hoped to start a pilot program in a handful of city schools last summer.

33.   English teachers should go to the head of the employment line when recruitment is done for city schools.

34.   Even some voucher proponents who once argued for universal subsidies now say the programs should be focused on city schools.

35.   Employees at city schools as well as city and state agencies were ordered to stay home, except for essential workers, such as police officers and firefighters.

36.   Every year, one or two cases of tuberculosis are reported in the city schools, Winters said.

37.   Giuliani appeared to cross that line with his comments this week on overcrowding in the city schools.

38.   Geiger and Amprey suggest that other city schools may be improving partly because of the competition with Education Alternatives.

39.   Gun violence in city schools affects the economy by influencing where businesses and people locate and by hindering the education of the future work force.

40.   He barred city schools from sponsoring Scout troops and Cub packs and forbade the Scouts to recruit during school hours.