By AMANDA JEROSIMICH for The Maryland Gazette Shawn Reichenberg Jr., a rising senior this fall at Northeast High School in the fall, is facing challenges beyond what most teens his age encounter.

By Kristen A. Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer Jul. 17--First, Fareed Hamraqul and his family left Afghanistan, fleeing the Taliban for Uzbekistan in 1992. Then, five months ago, they left home amid more unrest, this time ending up in Philadelphia.

By ALLISON BOURG Staff Writer A $76 million face lift is in the works for Northeast High School. The county Board of Education voted 6-0 Wednesday to upgrade the 44-year-old Pasadena school, opting for the second-most expensive of five options considered.

By Joe Robertson, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Aug. 25--Shaunta Howard should be one of the easy sells in the Kansas City School District's campaign to win parents' confidence. After all, Howard's a 1999 graduate of Northeast High School. "I don't think it's a bad school district," she says.

By Julie Hubbard, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Aug. 4--When students at Northeast High School return to class Monday, they'll see signs that their east Macon school is getting a much needed face-lift. For years, students parked their cars on a crumbling and cracked lot.