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Migrant Education utilizes go-karts for STEM learning and fun

Yael Palomero in go-kart

Yael Palomero steered his electric go-kart back to the starting point of a circular course at Hanford West High School, bumping into the curb as he came to a stop. With his teammates asking what happened, the embarrassed eighth grader from Jefferson Academy in Hanford said the brakes didn’t feel right. The driver and the car were just fine, but teacher Ricardo Ramos wasn’t taking any chances. “This is a learning opportunity,” Ramos said. “Let’s look at the braking system to see if we have lost fluid.”

The little kart was lifted back on its dolly and pushed back to the workshop for inspection. There, Ramos directed students to disassemble the brake pedal and rods before accessing the brake fluid reservoir to check its level. For Gael Tolano, a second-year kart program participant, the opportunity to work on the kart is fun. “I like working on cars and I want to be a mechanic,” he said. 

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