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Teacher, Parent & Principal on Trek to Sacramento to Save California's Public Schools
by Bill Carpenter ( wcarpent [at] ccsf.edu )
Thursday Jul 31st, 2008 9:09 AM
On July 29th, Kelly Clark, Ladonna Vandiver, and Sande Leigh set out on a 110-mile walk to Sacramento to demand a decent budget for their San Francisco school, Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, and all other public schools in California. The mainstream media turned out to cover their departure. Four-minute QT movie. 55MB.
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Follow their trip on the school's blog:
http://www.hmcra.blogspot.com/

Jon Voss talked by phone with Sande, Kelly, and Ladonna toward the end of their first day:
http://www.friendsofharveymilk.org/assets/SacramentoWalkDay1.mp3
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§Trail of Broken Pencils
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§Trail of Broken Pencils
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§Trail of Broken Pencils
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