Authorities have dropped charges against the Florida teen “who was expelled and charged with two felonies after conducting an unauthorized but harmless science experiment on the grounds of her school.” [Jesse Walker, earlier] And in the feel-good story of the day, former NASA astronaut Homer Hickam “awarded Kiera a scholarship to attend the United States Advanced Space Academy (ASA), a branch of the famous Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.” [Black Youth Project]
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Score one for common sense. Good for Mr. Hickam!
So… Florida isn’t totally hopeless.
Unfortunately, it looks like she still isn’t being allowed back to school. 🙁
One minor correction – Homer Hickman was not an astronaut. He worked for NASA at Marshall Spaceflight Center. Which is where I met him, lo these many years ago, while working on a Spacelab mission.