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  • Gov goes to school catering to migrant families [Thanks, Jeb: "D" school's grade is now an "A"]

    05/17/2002 10:37:04 AM PDT · by summer · 95 replies · 602+ views
    AP, via www.jeb.org ^ | May 14, 2002 | Vickie Chachere
    FL Gov Jeb Bush accepts a grateful hug from a young student at a FL public school, Wimauma Elementary - where 85% of students are children of migrant workers, yet: rising student achievement caused the school to improve its grade from a "D" to an "A" in just two years. Tuesday, May 14, 2002 Associated Press Governor's campaign goes to school catering to migrant families By Vickie Chachere WIMAUMA, Fla. (AP) _ Gov. Jeb Bush took his run for re-election Tuesday to an elementary school that turned its academic fortunes around despite its transient population of migrant families and children...