Calexico students excited to be back in school

05-05-2010

By Dwane Brown, Pamela Davis, Nick Stoffel, Ana Tintocalis/KPBS

Even before last month's devastating earthquake Calexico in the Imperial Valley had the highest home foreclosure and unemployment rates in California. And school officials were struggling to keep students in class. Today, schools in Calexico Unifed will reopen after repairs from earthquake damage. DWANE BROWN: Ana, you've been to this area before. How has it changed? ANA TINTOCALIS: Well, I can tell you that kids are actually excited to come to school today. As you mentioned, they've had problems -- attendance problems -- in this district, but already there's a number of kids waiting outside the school that I'm at, which is Mains Elementary, to get into school. Parents are dropping their kids off, staff and faculty are showing up, so there is a real excitement. (more...)

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