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Article: Dolores Duran silently wiped away a tear as the 110th name was called in the cafeteria of West Denver Prep.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- April 23, 2007
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Byline: Burt Hubbard, Rocky Mountain News
That was the last spot available in the lottery for the charter school on South Federal Boulevard, and former Denver City Councilwoman Rosemary Rodriguez still hadn't called the name of Duran's son, fifth-grader Demetri Hernandez.
As Duran listened with about 100 other parents on that night in February, Demetri's name finally came out of the bowl that had held 181 slips of paper for 110 openings at the school. At No. 161, Demetri was so far down on the waiting list he had no chance.
Duran, the mother of three, could not keep quiet.
"I'm disappointed. I'm not going to lie," she told the ...