President Obama, in cooperation with the Univision television network and their Es El Momento campaign, hosted a town hall meeting at Bell Multicultural High School Monday evening. Bell was ranked as the 77th best high school in the country by Newsweek and requires students to enroll in two Advanced Placement classes in English in addition to language classes in Spanish or French.
Hosted by Emmy-award winning news anchor Jorge Ramos, the town hall focused on access to higher education. To subside any thoughts, Ramos quickly asked about Libya, to which Obama said he would address the nation at the National Defense University Monday evening. In addition, Ramos and members of the audience, comprised of parents, students, and teachers, asked about the Dream Act, the education budget, school bullying, parent involvement in schools, and technology in the classroom.
“I’m someone who believes money is not everything when it comes to schools ... You can do well even when you don’t have a lot of money,” Obama said in response to a question concerning California’s education budget.
Obama claimed that California spent too much on its prison system as opposed to education.
