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-ivacy % r or tear utey u ue ;ing in the wind? y by another women's lowed that 20 percent of Nho claimed to have been harassed in Connecticut rd, 20 percent quit and 30 took sick leave. Most of continued to labor in the vironment of harassment. ring is, it doesn't have to way. a case like Robinson's .o light, it can be a moment tge. For action. In New Gov Christie Todd in responded quickly to of sexual harassment and nscrimination by New state troopers by ordering from the top down. :ember, N.C. Central sity Chancellor Julius lers Launched an inquiry nilar charges against his s police and beefed up edu- andtrainingforall universi- zers. in the private sector, Ford Co. responded to sexual ~ment suits by establishing -tolerance policy. Of course, eved that enlightenment paying $11.5 million settling like Robinson's. I like Ford's answer the Sexually harass someone ~u're gone. tly we could say the same the Department of ction. The harasser is fired. ictim stays on, earns promo- f only, indeed. Sheehan cnn be reached 8828 or rsheehon@tWndo.com `when I came here for kindergarten, I was crying. I didn't want to go, but when I entered the class- room, everything was wonderful. That's the reason I'm here now." Morgan Poteat kindergarten reacher ~D J I ~l/11 ~t. ~~b~~~r ~ BY T. KEUNG HUt STAFF WRITER RALEIGH tghteen years ago, Morgan Poteat was another one of Ethose scared but brave children being comforted on their first day in kindergarten by a kind and caring teacher. On Monday, Poteat returned to that same classroom at Alden Root Elementary School in North Raleigh, but now as a 23 year-old rookie teacher for a new genera- tion of kindergarten students. So while more than 100,000 students in Wake and Johnston counties experienced what offi- cials described as a normal school opening, it was anything but that for Poteat. "When I came here for kinder- garten, Iwas crying," Poteat recalled. "I didn't want to go, but when I entered the classroom, everything was wonderful. STAFF PHOTO BY JUDITH SIYIGLIA That's the reason I'm here now:" New teachers. New students. New schools. They all came together Monday as public schools reopened in Wake and Johnston counties. OfScials in both systems reported no major problems. 1n Wake, close to 94,000 students were expected to report for classes. The county has pro- jected the enrollment will reach 94,864 students this year. Johnston schools reported an opening-day enrollment of 19,327 The total is expected to SEE SCHOOLS PAGE 78 chool board rebuffs request to move district line BY SUMATHI REDDY STAFF WRITER HILLSBOROUGH -Orange County school board members Monday night all but shot down a petition to change the city-county boundary to allow the students in a new sub- division to attend the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools. One school board member called the peti- tion "a slap in the face" Although the petition was only up for dis- cussion, the board members' comments assured developers Tom Heffner and Rolf Sass that their petition was all but dead. The 140-acre Creek Wood subdivision is east of N.C. 86, west of 1ltrkey Farm Road, north of Whitfield Road, and south of Mount Sinai Road. The developers are requesting that the board restore what they say is the county's correct boundary. By moving the boundary farther north, ail 64 houses in Creek Wood would fall in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro district and would be required to pay the city system's supple- mental education tax. The current boundary splits the subdivi- sion. Moving the boundary also would aft'ect the tax bills of 17 property owners currently SEE DISTRICTS PAGE 7B fill: l.WJ1~~U~ order a similar side a gun shl effort, which in Gc until Mond three people. The Wake s1 undercover bt sheriff's dep~ February an against 11 per Those awes were charged checking for i law, are requir said. The per in the county Purchasin€ selling to som mil is a misdc imum senten On Sunday paid $450 to which were weapons incl mm handgur a .40-caliber: laser guide. Some of tl lion, but not mils, Rowe : "If a seller to be dealt said. "This c for some incl a permit bey and can't ub Complete not availabl The Uixie did not retut r ~ ,. Michelle Prouls, right, shouts to fellow Apex High School seniors. Her group has been together since middle school.