Hard work translates to success at La Tinaja school in Ocampo

Macarena Hernandez & Gary Jacobson:

The elementary school at La Tinaja -- Escuela Primaria 18 de Marzo -- is named after one of the most famous dates in Mexico history. On March 18, 1938, President Lazaro Cardenas nationalized the country's oil industry, kicking out foreign-owned companies.

Principal Socorro Lara has been at the school 15 years and in the Ocampo municipality 35. She doubles as a teacher. In the mornings, she substitutes, and in the evenings, she teaches kids who are struggling.

There are a total of about 50 schools in Ocampo, and this is the best, municipality education official Jose Juan Salazar says.

Why?

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 11, 2008 3:33 AM
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