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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Oakland's McClymonds High is a full-service school

Oakland's McClymonds High is a full-service school:

Oakland's McClymonds High is a full-service school

Hasheim Thomas (left) and Deante Miller work on a project at the Youth and Family Center at Oakland's McClymonds High School.

After school each day, dozens of students at Oakland's McClymonds High School crowd through a generic-looking door and into a space that offers them amenities that are few and far between in their West Oakland neighborhood.

Just off the reception area of the school's new Youth and Family Center is a dance studio with wooden floors, a large mirror and a sound system. A few more steps in is the learning center with



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