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You gotta read this: http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-cochran22-2008oct22,0,5110735.story

Today’s front page of the LA Times features three former Cochran students! Yes, it takes a village to raise a child, but while Heven, Joel, and Francisco were attending school here, it seemed like there was a whole city trying to help them succeed. And now, they’re clearly on their way!

While there is so much wrong with our system here in Los Angeles, it is really nice to know that there are students who achieve great levels of success through parental support, teacher encouragement, and vast effort, in spite of a broken system.

My hope is that this will begin some positive momentum for both the school, and for families to begin to think outside the traditional box of what high schools their kids by default may be sent to.