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Pictured, from left, are Laura Flores Gordian, senior, Superintendent Bill Newton, Abelardo Gomes Gordian, junior, Emmanuel Galindo Chamonica, sophomore and Mariajulia Cruz Valencia, freshman. The students were part of a migrant education field trip to Washington, D.C., over spring break.

HOOD RIVER — A group of 24 Hood River Valley High School migrant education students had the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C., over spring break to participate in a Close Up Foundation’s Washington, D.C., High School Program, “a six day and five night program for high school students to experience their government in action” (www.closeup.org).

Laura Flores Gordian, senior, Abelardo Gomes Gordian, junior, Emmanuel Galindo Chamonica, sophomore and Mariajulia Cruz Valencia, freshman, joined by HRVHS Graduation Specialist America Flores and Region 9 Migrant Education Program Director Patricia Ortega-Cooper, briefed directors at the April 10 Hood River County School District board meeting at the Coe Administration Building.