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Pro Bono

Dec. 2, 2010

Concentrating On Little Big Things

Efrain Gomez is a popular 12 year old with a big smile, a love of baseball cards, and two hardworking parents. He also reads at the first grade level. Despite repeated demands by his mother, his low-performing middle school in South Los Ang


Efrain Gomez is a popular 12 year old with a big smile, a love of baseball cards, and two hardworking parents. He also reads at the first grade level. Despite repeated demands by his mother, his low-performing middle school in South Los Angeles has done nothing to provide Efrain with the legally mandated special education services he needs to catch up.


Efrain is a typical client of the Education Unit at Public Counsel. The Education Unit's four staff attorn...

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