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"WASHINGTON — Classes dismiss at Watkins Elementary School around 3 p.m., and teacher's assistant April Cole-Walton walks a few blocks west, across Pennsylvania Avenue, beneath Capitol Hill, to St. Peter's Interparish School.
That's where her daughter Breanna goes to school.
'I love Watkins,' Cole-Walton said. 'I went to Watkins. My son went to Watkins.'
That was a long time ago. Her son is now grown, she said, and the school system is in such disrepair that she won't send her own child to the beloved school where she works."
That's where her daughter Breanna goes to school.
'I love Watkins,' Cole-Walton said. 'I went to Watkins. My son went to Watkins.'
That was a long time ago. Her son is now grown, she said, and the school system is in such disrepair that she won't send her own child to the beloved school where she works."