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Enrollment in Brevard Public Schools has declined for the sixth straight year — dropping by about 500 students this year.

According to the district’s beginning-of-the-year count, about 72,384 students now attend area public schools. With the down economy and shuttle-related layoffs, officials were expeting closer to 72,200 students.

Enrollments varies by school, however.

About 100 fewer students than last year attend Space Coast Jr./Sr. High School, which now has 1,651 students. Many families at the school work at the space center.

Were expecting that we were going to get hit a little hard, Assistant Principal Michael Waller said. It certainly could have been worst.

But 200 more students than last year are attending Central Middle School in West Melbourne, which now has 1,273 students. It was so many students that the school doubled up on some bus routes; pictured above, students step off packed buses before school this morning. Read more…

The University of Strathclyde set RUK fees at £27,000

The University of Strathclyde has set its tuition fees for students from the rest of the UK (RUK).

Students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be charged £9,000 per year to take courses at the Glasgow-based university from 2012.

However, it will cap the total cost of four-year degree courses at £27,000.

Student leaders said that setting the fees at the highest level possible proved the university was “motivated purely by profit”.

However, the University of Strathclyde said it planned to have a bursary fund of £5m in place to ensure students would have financial support if they ran into difficulty.

Students who are resident in Scotland do not pay tuition fees at Scottish universities.

Currently RUK students in Scotland pay about £1,800 in tuition fees.

The increase in tuition fees for non-Scots came after the UK government raised the cap for universities in England to £9,000 a year.

Strathclyde University Principal Jim McDonald said: “In choosing a university, students are making one of the most crucial decisions of their lives.

At Strathclyde we believe all students who can benefit from higher education should be able to go to university, regardless of background.

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Necessity may be the mother of invention but collaboration can build you a pretty nice robot.

Abut 300 students from across South Texas will put their minds together as they gear up for the Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology robotics competition next month at Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

Teams from about 15 area middle and high schools, including King High School, the School of Science and Technology and the Innovation Academy at Moody High School, will compete in this year’s competition, event officials said.

This year’s competition, which focuses on bugs, challenges teams to build and design a robot that can safely handle and transport fake flies, cockroaches and termites to one of three containment areas.

The five students representing the School of Science and Technology already have built, designed and completed the electrical wiring on their robot.

The students practice at school perfecting their robot four days a week, coach Rahman Rasulzada said.

The students’ responsibilities are distributed based on the 16 categories the robots are judged on and what type of careers the students would like to pursue, Rasulzada said.

“It’s the best way,” he said.

Last year, the school’s team missed advancing to regional competition by one placing, he said.

“This year, they are focusing on making zero mistakes and taking first place,” he said.

Harold Jeter, a sophomore in Moody High School’s Innovation Academy, said he has been working to balance all the roles he needs to take on to construct a winning robot with his classmates.

“It’s a lot of jobs,” Harold said.

The robots, which are no bigger than two feet all around, must be designed to navigate through various terrains on the course.

Event officials announced the objective of this year’s competition and provided students with the necessary parts needed to design the robots earlier this month.

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Northwestern Oklahoma State University held its annual royalty banquet Tuesday and announced this year’s Freshman Queen, Kayla Herrington from Perry. Also recognized were the two king and three queen candidates who are running for the titles of Ranger King and Ranger Queen, to be announced on Oct. 1 during halftime of the Ranger Homecoming game.

Herrington is studying nursing and is a member of the Ranger Cheerleading squad. She enjoys singing and painting. Her parents are Ryan and Jennifer Prichard.

The first Ranger King candidate is Kyle Bentley, Shattuck senior. Bentley is studying health and sports science and is sponsored by the Ranger Cheerleading Squad. He currently cheers for the Rangers and likes to play any sport. He is the son of Kent and Cindy Bentley.

Michael Hiebert, Ringwood junior, is the second candidate for Ranger King. He

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Marcia started studying Spanish with Rosetta Stone in order to keep up with her young granddaughter. As she continues to learn, through coursework and Studio sessions, Marcia finds herself gaining confidence in her new language.

This video is the extended version of Marcia’s story, which we featured in a Rosetta Stone commercial. Stay tuned for more extended stories!