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“When you say Eastside Memorial is a failure, you’re saying I’m a failure, and I’m not a failure.”
– Eastside Memorial graduate Anthony Gilbert, now on a full-ride scholarship at the University of North Texas, to the AISD board of trustees
This article appears in December 23 • 2011.
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