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One mom's quest to reverse the trend

Lisa Olszewski works with Kalia Davis at John Muir Elementary. When her daughter was still in preschool, Olszewski appointed herself "chief cheerleader" for Muir, one of 30 Seattle schools with minority populations far higher than the district average.

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