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Take this other scene from the revolution. In the hardscrabble barrio of Pacoima near Los Angeles lies the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center. Of its 1,107 students, 931 are Hispanics who speak limited English; 95% are so poor they qualify for free breakfast and lunch. Four years ago, Vaughn was just another failing inner-city elementary school: test scores were among the lowest in the state, 24 of the 40-odd faculty members had quit in the previous two years, and the principal had resigned after anonymous death threats. Yvonne Chan, the new principal, was determined to turn things...
...places in California's San Fernando Valley that was open to blacks during the postwar real estate boom is an area near Pacoima, which real estate people mockingly referred to as the "Joe Louis Homes." In the decades since, the population of the sprawling valley, which lies just over the Santa Monica mountains north of Los Angeles, has swelled to include 1.5 million residents -but only 2.3% are black...
...Pacoima, Calif...
WILLIAM BRIDGE Teacher, L.A. City Schools Pacoima, Calif...
Fireless Cooker. In Pacoima, Calif., arrested on suspicion of shoplifting a dressed chicken, Gene Woods explained that he put the bird under his shirt to keep it warm...