Feinstein Visits Charter School, Meets Student Journalists
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) spent Thursday morning talking to elementary-level students at Fenton Avenue Charter School in Lake View Terrace.
She said her mission was to get a close view of the charter school, which is free from many rules that govern other public schools.
One class of fifth-graders engaged her in a combined civics lesson and newscast in a former supply room that serves as a broadcast studio.
“What does a senator do?” one student asked.
“I help make laws that apply to everybody in the United States,” Feinstein said.
“Do you know where I work?” she asked one group of fourth-graders. “The White House,” one responded.
“Do you know the largest state in the country?”
“New Mexico?”
School administrators secured a pledge by Feinstein to check on the status of a $1.6-million federal grant the school is seeking to provide computers for every third- and fourth-grader.
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