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The Iran World Cup team arrived in Tijuana wearing lapel pins on their jackets acknowledging victims of a Feb. 28 missile strike on an elementary school.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Six years later, it remains mostly empty, aside from a small elementary school founded by Bhakta’s wife, with the bigger development plans called off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
When asked where at school they’ve been bullied in the past month, 14% of elementary students and 18% of both middle- and high-school students reported it happening in the cafeteria.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The deceased were described as a man and a woman in their 20s, an elementary school-age child and a 4-month-old infant.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
All my friends in elementary school were Pakistani and Indian.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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