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He didn t know much about Fboy Island when he tried out, he told the outlet.
Titus graduated from McNair Academic High School in 2011 and was on the Penn State University track team.
He moved to Los Angeles in Summer 2016, when he started chiropractic school.
Bobsledding recruiters found him in 2017 and tried out at 24 Hour Fitness, which sponsored the U.S. Olympic Committee. I crushed that competition, the told Daily Voice.
Then, Titus was invited to camp at the Colorado Springs facility where he got the attention of coaches from a variety of Team USA sports.
Titus has been training ever since and is hoping to secure a spot this August for the 2022 Winter Olympics on the USA Bobsledding team.
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McNair Academic High School in Jersey City. Photo via Wikipedia.
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“While the intent here may be noble, the sad truth is that this policy change would take opportunities away from Downtown students and could easily result in a less diverse student body, as has happened in other areas where similar changes have been implemented,” Hudnut said in a statement.
“Low income Black and Hispanic students could be disenfranchised simply because they live in neighborhoods that also include more affluent residents, as is the case for many areas of Downtown. For example, Holland Gardens and SoHo Lofts are in the same Downtown neighborhood. Should those children be competing against each other for a limited number of seats? Absolutely not.”
Jersey City school reopening, Part 2: The few McNair seniors in classrooms ask ‘where is everyone else?’
Updated May 10, 2021;
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Raheeq Ibrahim said she felt like a freshman all over again Monday, trying to find her classes with just weeks left in senior year at McNair Academic High School.
The 18-year-old said returning in person felt almost unnatural after 14 months of remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic. Add into the mix teachers responding simultaneously to students online and in the classroom, and it made for a strange, unsettling day.
“You don’t get that same feeling in class,” Ibrahim said of her classmates who remained in virtual learning. “You can’t turn to anybody and start laughing at a joke or anything. It’s just you and the teacher, you can’t even do anything besides work.”
Jersey City Superintendent Franklin Walker decided to reopen school just days after announcing it would remain in remote learning, so what changed in the time between the decisions?