San Fernando Valley : School Gears Up for First Lady’s Visit
While Secret Service agents discussed security, jittery schoolchildren were busy covering a welcome banner with red, white, and blue and handprints and a message that read, “Welcome to Vaughn Next Century Learning Center, Mrs. Clinton!”
Preparations at the Pacoima school were proceeding at full tilt Wednesday, the day before First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s visit to the Pacoima elementary school where she will meet with parents, students, teachers and neighbors.
Principal Yvonne Chan worked the phones, juggling requests from those who want to attend. Teachers studied Clinton’s new book, “It Takes a Village, and Other Lessons Children Teach Us,” and discussed it with students.
Clinton picked Vaughn, Chan said, because the school exemplifies how public education can draw support from the community. The event is not open to the public.
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