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Walt Whitman High School
May 5, 2003
Dan Balz, Washington Post, Political Reporter

Watch entire program with Dan Balz at the Walt Whitman High School
Video Clip 1
"What needs to be done to get younger people involved in the political process?"
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Video Clip 2
"As a journalist, do you feel that you have a duty to share your opinions with your "less informed" readers?"
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From waltwhitman.edu:
Walt Whitman High School opened in the fall of 1962 with 1418 students. The school was built on 17 levels, with a center courtyard and a geodesic dome for its gymnasium and auditorium. In the fall of 1992, Whitman moved into a new building. In the 1990s, Whitman's enrollment increased to 1800 students with increased growth projected. Today, Whitman is an exceedingly cosmopolitan school, a total number of 1847 students (projected estimate) from more than 55 countries. Students at Whitman are overwhelmingly college-bound, 95% go on to college.



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