Charter school sets sail
      MAKING IT HAPPEN- New teachers, above, for the Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education, from left, Mary Ellen Lang of Ventura, Kelsey Scheimer and Anna Sorensen of Camarillo meet with parents at the new school Tuesday night.
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Classes for world travelers
      UCLA Extension will offer four-day Weekend Immersion Workshops from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun., Aug. 4, 5, 11 and 12.
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Institute offers classes for seniors
      The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Cal State Channel Islands offers a wide range of courses for community members age 50 and up. Enrollment is now open for the fall 2007 session and closes Fri., Aug. 17. Classes begin the week of Aug. 20 and continue through Oct. 15.
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Creationists upset by new seventh-grade science textbook
Faced with time constraints, board adopted book despite critics' vocal opposition
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      After extensive review and consideration, the Ventura County Board of Education voted 3-1 to adopt a seventh-grade science textbook that critics say portrays the theory of evolution as fact and contains other questionable content.
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Host an international exchange student
      Each year, thousands of high schoolaged students from countries as diverse as Indonesia, Chile, Hong Kong, Spain and Norway apply to become exchange students in the United States. Their goals are universal: to better their English, prepare for leadership in a global economy and ...
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