L.A. MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PROTEST PROPOSED CUTS TO MUSIC PROGRAM

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April 28, 2011 |  9:21 am

Aly Ung, left, and Xavier Zapata, giving a shout, take part in a demonstration outside Florence Nightingale Middle School, in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The 11-year-olds were among students, teachers and parents who gathered Thursday in front of the school to protest proposed cuts to the music program.

Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Florence Nightingale Middle

3311 North Figueroa St., Los Angeles, 90065

• Public school in the Los Angeles Unified district.
• Grades 6-8
• 1,893 students
• 80 faculty members

Source: California Department of Education

Sandra Poindexter, Ben Welsh Los Angeles Times