Obama’s story resonates with Bronx students
At Validus Prep, African-American and Hispanic teens are
excited, nervous

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By Bill Dedman
Investigative reporter
msnbc.com
updated 11:04 a.m. ET, Fri., Oct. 31, 2008

SOUTH BRONX, N.Y. – At Validus Preparatory Academy, a new public high school in the poorest congressional district in America, students have kept journals since the early primaries, created election art, studied opinion polls in math classes, designed brochures on the issues, read memoirs by the candidates and even delivered speeches in their stead. And after the principal dashed around to plumbing supply stores for enough PVC pipe to build a voting booth, they got a chance to punch their own electronic ballots in a national mock election for students. Read more or watch the video here.