31.   Other schools in the area are taking measures to keep students on campus.

32.   Plus, absences can keep students from exam exemptions.

33.   Professors reject criticism that they might inflate grades to keep students from dropping out.

34.   Recently, however, the state had to delay the start of using such tests to keep students from graduating.

35.   Principal John Davini of Mount Eden High School in Hayward is also trying to come up with a few tricks to keep his students on school grounds during lunch.

36.   School districts need to be committed to fund and staff extra classes to keep students from falling behind.

37.   Secret Service agents acted like goaltenders, using their arms, feet and bodies in attempts to keep the students in a marked-off area.

38.   Schools that allowed minority students to slip behind were given lower ratings than schools that kept minority students working up to grade level.

39.   So students are often kept in classes that may be of questionable educational benefit to them.

40.   Some believed it kept immigrant students from assimilating, while others said it placed too little importance on English.