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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Erica Holloway
Cell (619) 796-1651

MEDIA ADVISORY
Latinos Falling Behind: Forum to Address Achievement Gap

WHAT: Education experts to discuss the current state of education for Latino students at
San Diego Unified School District.

WHEN: 9 a.m. to Noon; Saturday, May 14, 2011

WHERE: The Joe & Vi Jacobs Center, 404 Euclid Ave., San Diego, CA 92114

WHO: Gloria Romero, Former chair, California State Senate Education Committee;
State Director of Democrats for Education Reform
Dr. Alberto Ochoa, Superintendent’s Latino Advisory Committee
Aremi Lopez, Association of Raza Education
Cecilia Estrada, Principal (Retired)
Jerome Torres, Presenter
Dan Munoz, La Prensa Editor, Panel Moderator

WHY: Latino students make up just over 60,000 of the 132,000 students in San Diego
Unified School District, according to the California Department of Education.
Roughly half of those Latino students do not perform at grade level in math or
English language arts. Less than one-third of all Latino high school graduates
meet the University of California or California State University system
requirements.

DETAILS: Reserve your seat, call (619) 770-1871 or email info@sd4greatschools.org.

Light breakfast, child care and Spanish translation provided.

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