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New Schools has contributed $3.3 million to help Michael Piscal and his Inner City Education Foundation start View Park elementary, middle and high school in the poor neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Mr. Piscal, 39, was a teacher at one of Los Angeles's highest-rated private schools until 1994, when he decided to try teaching children in what is considered an underserved neighborhood. Today, with three schools open and growing, Mr. Piscal plans to start 20 more schools in the same South Los Angeles area. Mr. Piscal says that according to a foundation that supports education, the middle school grades six to eight has the highest test scores in math for African-American students in all of California. New Schools has contributed $3.3 million to help Michael Piscal and his Inner City Education Foundation start View Park elementary, middle and high school in the poor neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Mr. Piscal, 39, was a teacher at one of Los Angeles's highest-rated private schools until 1994, when he decided to try teaching children in what is considered an underserved neighborhood. Today, with three schools open and growing, He plans to start 20 more schools in the same South Los Angeles area. He says the middle school, grades six to eight, has the highest test scores in math for African-American students in all of California.