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    Commerce Secretary Locke and Census Bureau Director Groves Visit
Baltimore High School

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being
released by the U.S. Census Bureau:

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)

    What: Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Census
Bureau Director Robert M. Groves will visit a Baltimore High School to
launch the 2010 "Census in Schools" program and discuss educational
activities that examine the importance of the 2010 Census.

    The program, "2010 Census: It's About Us," gives schools a wide range
of free, optional, standards-based lesson plans on subjects related to the
census, ranging from math to social studies. The program is designed for
students in kindergarten through 12th grade and will reach all 118,000
schools and 56 million students nationwide.

    When: Monday, Nov. 2, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST)

    Who: Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce

    Robert Groves, director, U.S. Census Bureau

    Anthony G. Brown, Maryland lieutenant governor

    John Smeallie, deputy state superintendent for administration, Maryland
State Department of Education

    Where: Digital Harbor High School

    1100 Covington Street

    Baltimore, MD 21230-4124

    (443) 984-1256

    Please RSVP by 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30 to the Public Information Office
at 301-763-3466.

    Editor's note: News releases, reports and data tables are available on
the Census Bureau's home page. Go to http://www.census.gov and click on
"Releases."



    CONTACT: Jennifer Smits
    Public Information Office
    301-763-3466
    e-mail: pio@census.gov

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau

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