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Luis Chavez: “Graduation rates went up [when we had the graduation rate…”

Featuring: Luis Chavez, Fresno County Board of Supervisors, District 3 | California

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Published June 25, 2024 | Video Starts at 1:02:44

I think that should be the next focus, and we've done it before. When we had the graduation rate crisis. Previously, we had Quanta Ramula that chaired that committee. What happened? Graduation rates went up [when we had the graduation rate crisis and Quanta Ramula chaired the committee]. And so we need to do that for our kids because we owe that to them. (1:02:44–1:02:46)

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Asserts that graduation rates increased when Quanta Ramula chaired the committee during a graduation rate crisis.

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“I believe the mayor and the city manager will engage in a nationwide search.”
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“I think it's time to move on.”
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“How do we rebuild the infrastructure that aging, those are issues that affect people's daily lives.”
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“I think council member carbon mentioned Ronald Reagan. He was so wise in his vision, where he saw what the true American spirit was, where…”
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“I hope also that [education] comes up during the presidential debate.”
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“Reading and writing and arithmetic levels that have gone like this during that tenure there.”
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