Apply for Thousands of Dollars in College Money Before March 2

The California Student Aid Commission is holding a series of workshops through February to help current and potential college students apply for financial aid.

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Mar Vista Family Center education coordinator Jesus Orozco prepares to unroll a financial aid workshop sign in front of the center on Saturday.

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Mar Vista Family Center education coordinator Jesus Orozco mans the sign in sheet for the "California Cash for College Workshop" on Saturday.

Mar Vista Family Center education coordinator Jesus Orozco displays several financial aid information pamphlets in front of the family center.

Youth program director Blanca Diaz searches her purse for pizza money during the "California Cash for College Workshop" at the Mar Vista Family Center on Saturday.

Parents and students walk to a financial aid workshop at the Mar Vista Family Center on Saturday.

Brenda Woods, Santa Monica College Student Services Specialist, asks "Who wants a million dollars" referencing the limited amount of money a non-college grad will earn in their entire lifetime. Woods facilitated one of the financial aid workshops at the Mar Vista Family Center on Saturday.

William Martinez, a Mar Vista Family Center volunteer and LMU student of the school counseling program, talks with education coordinator Jesus Orozco outside of a financial aid workshop on Saturday.

Education director Jesus Orozco tries to recruit college student Maria Galvan for a youth program at the Mar Vista Family Center on Saturday.

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On Saturday, the Mar Vista Family Center hosted a series of workshops that focused on providing low-income parents and students with information about state and federal scholarships, grants and loan options.

“California Cash for College Workshops,” is a partnership program with the California Student Aid Commission and is running workshops invarious Los Angeles locations until March 2, the deadline for financial aid applications.

The next Santa Monica financial aid workshop will be held at Santa Monica High School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

“These workshops are open to everyone, but hopefully we can wrench out the community h

Prospect Heights Parents Rally To Keep Middle School Open and Charter Schools Out - Prospect Heights, NY Patch

Prospect Heights Parents Rally To Keep Middle School Open and Charter Schools Out

Parents from P.S. 9, P.S. 316, M.S. 571 and M.S. 563 as well as elected officials argue that three schools in one building will be a logistical nightmare for using the libraries, cafeterias, gyms and other shared facilities.

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P.S. 9 students are dressed as sardines to make the point that colocating another school at 80 Underhill Ave. will place undue strain on already stretched shared facilities during a rally at the school on Jan. 29, 2011 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

Councilwoman Letitia James addresses the crowd gathered at Duryea Presbyterian Church on Jan. 29, 2011 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

Standing before a group of P.S. 9 students, Councilwoman Letitia James urged parents to remain vigilant in their protest of a department of education plan to shutter M.S. 571, on Jan. 29, 2011 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

Senator Eric Adams showed support for parents fighting against a department of education plan to colocate a charter school at 80 Underhill Ave. on Jan. 29, 2011 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

P.S. 9 parents argue that colocating another school at 80 Underhill Avenue will place undue strain on already stretched shared services during a rally at the school on Jan. 29, 2011 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

P.S. 9 parent Fiona Noves, of Prospect Heights, argues against placing at third school at 80 Underhill Avenue on Jan. 29, 2011 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

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Parents critical of a plan to move a growing charter school into 80 Underhill Ave. erupted into a chorus of "Whose children? Our children," during a rally at Duryea Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon.

Children from the school were dressed as sardines, to drive home the point that three schools in one building is too much.

"Three schools in one building is unfair, not only unfair to our students, but to all the students from all three schools," aid P.S. 9 parent Catherine Jhung before the packed room in the basement of the church located at 362 Sterling Pl.

The rally also included parents from P.S. 316 and M.S. 563, at 750 Classon Ave., who are trying to prevent Explore Charter School from coming into their building.

The Panel for Educational Policy will decide the fate of M.S. 571 on Thursday, Feb. 3. The vote will