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Frederick Douglass students learn to operate own fast food business

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From: New York Amsterdam News
Date: 19940430
Author:William K. Egyir

William K. Egyir
New York Amsterdam News
04-30-1994
Frederick Douglass students learn to operate own fast food business.

By WILLIAM K. EGYIR

Amsterdam News Staff

"We used to leave trays and wrappings around the cafeteria and when teachers complained, we didn't pay them any attention," said 14-year-old Sixta Buelto, a ninth grade student at Frederick Douglass Academy, in Harlem. "Now I'm very conscious of my surroundings. I find myself picking up pieces of paper on the ground." What this project has taught me and everybody involved," chimed in Tamika Covington, another ninth grader, "is ...

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