Obama Headlining Kalamazoo High School Graduation
Kalamazoo Central High School valedictorian Cindy Lee is far less jittery about speaking to hundreds of her fellow graduates Monday than she is about sharing a stage with one man: President Barack Obama.
Obama will be giving a graduation speech of his own to the 1,700-student southwest Michigan school, which snagged the honor for winning the national Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge.
"The whole school is excited about it. The whole community is excited. It's on the news every single day," Lee, 18, said last week. "And I'm also kind of nervous about giving a speech at the same...
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