And although San Franciscans may not be the most family-oriented, those who do have kids form fierce, tightly knit communities centered on schools, playgrounds and the Internet, which I hoped to tap into.
During those meetings issues that are centered on schools and education are discussed, girls education in particular; in those discussions the emphasis is laid on what is being done or is to be done to make school environment friendly to children.
A political life centered on local schools, town governments, voluntary associations, and churches; a house in the woods with the television turned off.
A decade later, following a campaign of panic centered on school materials and children's books, the British Parliament banned local governments in England, Wales, and Scotland from "promoting homosexuality".
The curriculum at the Islamic school, at 87-74 150th Street, is centered on students fully memorizing the Koran, school officials said.
Other than its three schools centered on one bucolic campus, little ties the town together.
Both are centered on grade-school tomboys who love denim and sensible shoes.
He was one of the original settlers of Tekoa, a mixed community of religious and nonreligious Jews centered on a school run by his wife, Hadassah, who survives him, as do his 10 children.
For example, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, sold by the Campbell Soup Company, recently teamed up with the Cartoon Network cable channel, part of Time Warner, for a "National Recess Week" promotion, centered on encouraging school-age children to be more active.
The state of Kansas has had lengthy and very public problems with the theory of evolution, the lion's share of which were centered on high school science curriculum standards and culminated in the "Kansas Evolution Hearings" in May of 2005, an event widely held by the scientific community to be a "kangaroo court".
Since first western contact in 1950, some Waorani have moved to permanent settlements, often centered on a school.
