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| November 13, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: FOSTER KLUG

Four firefighters and a fire truck are stationed outside Walbrook High School every day. The chances are good they are going to be needed.

Two months into the school year, Baltimore's public schools have been hit with at least 76 fires _ most of them small, most of them set by students _ compared with 168 in all of last year. Walbrook High alone has reported about 20 blazes, versus 24 in 2003-04.

"I've never seen it this bad before," says math teacher Eugene Chong Qui, who has taught in the city school system for eight years. "I don't know what it stems from, but it's systemic. It really seems as if the students are so far…

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