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On the recordMay 11, 2009
When only half of the Latino students who enter ninth grade graduate with a high school diploma, it just points out the kind of devastation and distress that we feel in the communities.
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Raúl Grijalva
Democratic · Arizona

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Grijalva highlights the alarming dropout rates among Latino students.

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