At Phillipsburg High School in Kansas, 150 iPads were stolen in August one week before classes were to begin.

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Turner is also executive director for student health at the University of Virginia, where classes are slated to begin Tuesday.

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The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

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And classes will begin next fall in space loaned by Google to the city while the campus is under construction.

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