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Byline: Justin Fenton
Jul. 7--The Harford County school system plans to open what will apparently be the nation's first magnet program focused on homeland security, preparing high school students for careers in disaster response, high-level computer science and law enforcement. Students in the program, scheduled to open in the fall of 2007 at Joppatowne High School, will be given limited security clearances to enable them to perform internships at nearby Aberdeen Proving Ground, where the military develops and tests conventional and biological weapons. The curriculum, which is being developed, is expected to include public safety, border control, religious ideology, geospatial technology, cybersecurity, and threat identification. A cross-section of county teachers with military or emergency-response backgrounds, including a former…
Source: HighBeam Research, Homeland security enters the classroom: Pioneering program starts...