Tomorrow's Board of Education general business meeting has been moved to the McKinley High School auditorium.

The meeting was originally scheduled to be in the school's cafeteria.

The general business meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. Requests for public testimony on board action items will be taken from 6:30 p.m.

Included on the board's agenda is a $46.5 million budget reduction plan for the state Department of Education. Board members are expected to take action on the proposal.

HARVARD SCHOOL GETS $125M GIFT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Harvard Business School alumnus has given the university its largest individual donation ever — $125 million to start a bioengineering institute, the school announced Tuesday.

Hansjorg Wyss, an engineer and entrepreneur who earned an MBA from Harvard in 1965, said he felt humbled to be able to contribute to an effort he believes will change the course of science and medicine.

The Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering will attempt to discover the engineering principles nature uses to build living things, then use that information to create devices and technologies to meet medical needs.

"Little did I dream when I began my career in engineering that we would reach a point where engineers and biologists would be using nature's templates to create solutions to our medical and environmental challenges," said Wyss.

The new institute will bring together experts from numerous disciplines, including robotics, biology, computer science and surgery.

STRIP SEARCH OF GIRLS ALLEGED

DETROIT — Three seventh-grade girls at a school in Monroe were ordered to strip to their underwear while a teacher investigated the alleged theft of $42, their parents charge.

The principal of Trinity Lutheran School was placed on two-week leave and the investigation into the female teacher's alleged actions was continuing, Senior Pastor Stanley AuBuchon said yesterday.

Three parents contacted police following the Oct. 1 incident at the school, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit.

"They wanted to report a strip-search of seventh-grade girls," Deputy Chief Thomas Moore said yesterday. "We're not talking about nude, but stripped down to their undergarments."

The teacher has not been put on leave and is still teaching, AuBuchon said.

DRESS CODE FLAP RISKS EXPULSION

FALLON, Nev. — Four high school students face expulsion after their arrests stemming from a flap over a dress code violation, officials said.

Municipal Court Judge Mike Lister placed the Churchill County High School students on house arrest Monday, three days after they were arrested on suspicion of interfering with a public officer.

School officials said a 17-year-old student refused to turn over his bandana to an administrator Friday.

Officials say the student turned aggressive when a police officer asked for the article. Three other students stepped in and were arrested. The school was locked down for more than an hour.

Superintendent Carolyn Ross said the process to expel the four students is under way.