Thirty students from across western New South Wales will begin at the state first-ever virtual selective high school, at the start of term one. Students from Broken Hill and Willyama high schools are among those who will be a part of Xsel, which caters for academically talented students and offers them specialised programs in maths, science and english. ABC News, 4 January 2010.
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