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by STEPHANIE ESPINOZA for NAM / South Kern Sol
ARVIN, Calif. — The public high school in Arvin has one of the largest student bodies of any school in Kern County, its 2,400 students coming mostly from the small rural communities of Lamont, Weedpatch and Arvin, just south of Bakersfield in California’s central valley.
By Stephanie Espinoza
Cynthia Gomez, 15, is a sophomore at Arvin High School in south Kern County.