Half of the 8th graders at Santa Maria Middle School took buses to the state capitol for a tour of the legislature. This trip was a follow-up to a December visit from attorneys and law students to Santa Maria Middle School, where they participated in an interactive legal method class and enjoyed presentations about the legislative process by attorneys from Los Abogados. The students at this school are approximately 90% minority, mostly Hispanic.
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Half of the 8th graders at Santa Maria Middle School took buses to the state capitol for a tour of the legislature. This trip was a follow-up to a December visit from attorneys and law students to Santa Maria Middle School, where they participated in an interactive legal method class and enjoyed presentations about the legislative process by attorneys from Los Abogados. The students at this school are approximately 90% minority, mostly Hispanic.