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AFTER DECADES OF DECLINE AND A REAL ESTATE BUST, TERRY GODDARD AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE ROOSEVELT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE REKINDLING VISIONS OF GRANDEUR. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO ROOM IN THE VISION FOR THE INNER CITY'S BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

"No matter what we decide," says board member Jesus Escarcega, "there's going to be some very upset people."

But people like June Jorquez already are upset.
"The neighborhood should be very happy that the school has taken the property," she says, sitting at her antique table in her antique kitchen of her restored Craftsman bungalow. "[Detractors are saying] 'It's okay to put a school or whatever they want, as long as they keep it south of Roosevelt'--is that the impression you get? Is that a neighborhood?

"In my opinion, the school's too good for the neighborhood.

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