In this series of occasional stories, we explore the trials, myths and realities of one of the most culturally dissociated parts of the Golden State rural, conservative California through its schools.
WASHINGTON — Anmarie Swanstrom had driven four hours along twisting mountain roads, through the fire-scarred Shasta-Trinity National Forest, to Sacramento to catch a red-eye flight. Now, here she was —
Four rural Northern California school superintendents went to Washington to look their legislators in the eye and tell them just how desperate they are.