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                                                                         Examining a
                                                                         magazine
                                                                         article dealing
                                                                         with Special
                                                                         Education
                                                                         (S PED)  around
                                                                         the  U.S.  are        Taking
                                                                         teachers Beth
                                                                         Johnson and
                                                                         Krista                Care of
                                                                         Moravec.
                                                                         SPED
                                                                         programs
                                                                         offered               Business,
                                                                         students more
                                                                         one-on -one
                                                                         help and
                                                                         future-oriented       Students
                                                                         options.  photo            \         Keeping track
                                                                         by Sheila                        "   of medical
                                                                         Pedersen                        HO'I  ~
                                                                                                           •   records while
                                                                                                              staying upbeat
                                                                                                              to  deal with
                                                                         Sophomore                            students has
                                                                         Ahdrea                               been a big part
                                                                         Pearson takes                        of nurse Kathy
                                                                         advantage of                         Muehlich's job
                                                                         the quiet library                    for her 23
                                                                         atmosphere to                        years with
                                                                         study for her                        Millard.  photo
                                                                          English class.                      by Michelle
                                                                          Students were                       Lee
                                                                         often found at
                                                                          library tables
                                                                          studying and       "I  came with the build-
                                                                          researching
                                                                          during free   ing,"  school  nurse  Kathy
                                                                          periods and
                                                                          before and
                                                                          after school.   Muehlich  stated with a smile  as
                                                                          photo by
                                                                          Jonathan    she  sat cheerfully behind  her
                                                                                      information-filled yet organized
                                                                                      desk while  dealing  with stu-
                                                                                      dents popping  in  and  out of the

                                                                                      small  room.  Posters dealing
                                                                                      with issues  from AIDS  to preg-
                                                                                      nancy covered the walls.
                                                                                             In  her 1 8  years at MN ,

                                                                                      Muehlich  has  seen  the school
                                                                                      through a  1990 measles epi -
                                                                                      demic and  thousands of sick
                                                  -                                   students, many using  the


                                                                                      excuse  "we're not doing  any-
                                                  Signing into
                                                  use the
                                                  library's
                                                  facilities for                      thing today, anyway."
                                                                                             After 23 years with the
                                                  research is
                                                  sophomore                           Millard  district, though, what
                                                  Jason Smith
                                                  Students also                       goes around  starts  to come
                                                  checked out
                                                  books and
                                                  studied in  the                     around.  "I'm starting to see
                                                  book-filled
                                                  rooms.  photo                       kids  whose parents went here.
                                                  by Jonathan
                                                  Ulanday                             That makes you  feel really old!"
                                                                                      she  said.

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