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Pittsburgh Public Schools Earns Poor Marks for NFL Draft Closure

Pittsburgh Public Schools Earns Poor Marks for NFL Draft Closure
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Salena Zito
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PITTSBURGH—Pittsburgh Public Schools announced this week that students will be learning from home the day before and during the NFL draft, scheduled in the city for April 23–25. The announcement has parents, caregivers and students questioning the decision that affects all of their lives.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.