A real estate investor, a small business owner, and a board member running for reelection filed for seats on the Austin school board on Monday, the first day of filing for the May 4 election. Manuel Zuniga, who has pledged $300,000 to the low-performing Blackshear Elementary School, will face Patricia Whiteside, who is running for reelection. Zuniga said he would focus on making teacher salaries competitive, saving money to be shared with poor districts in Texas under the school finance law, and implementing cost-cutting measures recommended by state Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander. Ave Wahrmund, who owns a semiconductor equipment company, is seeking a second term in the District 4 seat. She said she would focus on closing the achievement gap between minority and white students, keeping quality teachers, and involving the community in decision making. Donald Abrams, who owns a medical consulting business, filed for the District 7 seat, which Olga Garza will leave in May. Which headline serves as the best paraphrase of the information presented in this article? A. Three Hopefuls File for School Board Elections B. Ave Wahrmund Files to Run for Reelection C. Comptroller Rylander Makes Recommendations D. Austin School Board Election Approaches

Read the following excerpt from the declaration of independence: when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations to prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. he has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. how do the authors of the declaration best use deductive reasoning to support the idea that the colonists have a right to form a new government? o a. they first establish the widely accepted belief that governments derive their power from the people. o o b. they list the colonists' grievances against the british monarchy, starting with the king's refusal to "assent to laws." o c. they first establish the idea that declaring one's intentions is a decent and expected measure. o d. they follow his initial statement by pointing out that the colonists do not take these measures lightly.