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L.A. eighth-grader will attend inauguration

Jacqueline Mendoza, an eighth-grader at Florence Nightingale Middle School in Los Angeles, is going to attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

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Jacqueline was one of several students selected by the Congressional Youth Leadership Conference as a result of her participation last year. Her four-day trip includes watching the Obamas walk to the White House next January.

Jacqueline will be honored by the Los Angeles City Council on Nov. 18 at her school.

-- Mary MacVean

Photo by Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times

Posted by Mary Macvean on November 11, 2008 in Current Affairs , Education , Schools , Students | Permalink
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