Overall, the event was a big step up as we had gone from learning about journalism in the classroom to suddenly finding ourselves interviewing a top swimmer alongside our School Report mentor, BBC Scotland reporter Colin Wight.

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City officials said they had considered the possibility of extending the test to all children, but found that it would be "a big investment of time and money, " Ms. Lopatin said, including cutting into classroom instruction.

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