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Aug. 31, 2000 NEWS BRIEFS School gets OK The attendance district for the pre-K-8 Penn-assisted school at 42nd and Locust streets is contested no more. The board of the School District of Philadelphia has given the go-ahead for school construction, and the District and neighborhood representatives have agreed to boundaries that follow 40th Street from Woodland to Sansom, Sansom from 40th to 46th, 46th from Sansom to Pine, west on Pine for one block, down 47th to Chester, east on Chester to 43rd, south on 43rd past Woodland to where 43rd curves into 42nd, then up 42nd to Woodland and east on Woodland to 40th. Plans are in the works for extra support for the four other neighborhood schools — Lea, Drew, Wilson and Powel. No chicken feed An $18 million grant from Harrisburg will help pay for planned new quarters for the School of Veterinary Medicine. The five-story building, projected to cost $43 million, will provide new facilities needed to continue cutting-edge research into food safety and animal diseases and relieve antiquated classrooms and research laboratories. Connected to the Rosenthal Building by an atrium, the building will cover the current library, a small grassy area and a parking lot. The school has five years to raise matching funds for the state grant. HUP rocks The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania garnered a spot on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll for the fourth year in a row.    This year’s top honors went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore; HUP came in number 10 out of 1,700 hospitals ranked in 17 specialties.    In 12 specialties, HUP ranked highest in the Philadelphia metro area. Nationally, HUP ranked in the top 20 hospitals in 11 specialties.    The rankings, which appeared in the July 17th issue, were based on mortality rates, annual American Hospital Association surveys, and reputation.