Michael Jones, above center, placed third in the 2012 Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition finals Feb. 23. He is a fifth-grader at Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary School in Oak Cliff. He is pictured here with his family, DISD District 7 Trustee Eric Cowan, far left, and Interim Superintendent Alan King.

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