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Police turn away crowd trying to register for Hawthorne summer school
- 06-28-2011
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By Sandy Mazza/Torrance Breeze
More than 1,000 people who lined up to register for summer school classes in Hawthorne on Monday morning were turned away when police arrived to control the large and unruly crowd. High school students and their parents from all over the area began arriving at 6 a.m. to the Opportunities for Learning Public Charter Schools campus on Hawthorne Boulevard near 136th Street, in hopes of getting about 400 coveted spots for free summer school. They were ushered out of the area at about 10:30 a.m., when the line snaked south to 137th Street and west to Ramona Avenue. (more...)
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