21. Stern taught school in England, later serving at head teaching posts at approved schools from 1952 to 1955. 22. Derek Bentley entered Norbury Manor Secondary Modern School in 1944, after failing the Kingswood Approved School , near Bristol. 23. "People here won't even approve school bonds, " observed Stan Wu, the city's director of communications and general services. 24. It then became a hotel, and an approved school in 1942, before being converted to a residential nursing home. 25. As of 2014 the concentration of businesses gives about 33 % of the funds towards any approved school bond. 26. Since then, California has changed the way it approves school sites, sending its own inspectors to advise districts, Baker said. 27. The councils are responsible for everything from hiring and evaluating school principals to developing academic goals and approving school budgets. 28. "They would have to go out of state or find other approved or not approved schools to play, " Bowden said. 29. In 2004, the Academy became a SEVIS approved school and was able to accept international students with learning differences as well. 30. Although many charter schools grow out of parent or community groups, two of the newly approved schools are backed by financiers.