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February 11, 2013
Effingham County’s alternative school has proven to be a successful option for a number of at-risk students in the county, according to an administrator of the school. John Wacha, an assistant vice president with Ombudsman Educational Services, told the Effingham County Board of Education on Wednesday that Effingham’s Ombudsman Center has had a 100 percent graduation rate in each of the past two years.
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Paul Floeckher
The Effingham Herald
News Coverage
Ombudsman Educational Services
Effingham County Schools
Rincon
Springfield
Georgia
Superintendent Randy Shearouse
Ombudsman
CRCT
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August 15, 2012
A new education program is underway in Valdosta to help at-risk students get on the right track. The school system is partnering with a private company called Ombudsman Educational Services to make sure struggling students graduate. It's not your average school setting, students arrive for one of the three daily sessions and learn for four hours each. Two sessions are in the morning for middle schoolers and one at night for high schoolers. Valdosta City School leaders say this is the first time they've had a program like this.
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Lydia Jennings
WALB-TV
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Valdosta City Schools
Georgia
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August 14, 2012
The Ombudsman Program — the Valdosta City School System’s solution to alternative education — held its first day of classes in its own facility on Monday. At the May 14 Valdosta Board of Education meeting, the board voted to enter into a partnership with Ombudsman for the 2012-2013 school year.
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Brittany D. McClure
The Valdosta Daily Times
News Coverage
Ombudsman Educational Services
Valdosta City Schools
Georgia
Alternative Education
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August 03, 2012
Valdosta City Schools is partnering with Ombudsman Educational Services to open the Ombudsman Valdosta Learning Center, which will offer a highly personalized, technology-rich blended learning program for middle and high school students who have not been successful in traditional school programs, who are at risk of dropping out, who wish to recover credits to advance with their classmates, or who have adult responsibilities and would benefit from a flexible schedule.
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Ombudsman Educational Services and Valdosta City Schools
News Release
News Coverage
Ombudsman Educational Services
Valdosta City Schools
Georgia
High School
Valdosta
Dr. Bill Cason
Middle School
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July 10, 2012
Crisp County School System is partnering with Ombudsman Educational Services to open the Ombudsman Cordele Learning Center, which will offer a highly personalized, technology-rich blended learning program for 75 middle and high school students who have not been successful in traditional school programs, who are at risk of dropping out, have been expelled or who have dropped out and wish to return to earn their diploma.
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Ombudsman Educational Services
Ombudsman Educational Services News Release
News Releases
Crisp County School System
Cordele
Georgia
Alternative Education
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April 18, 2012
When students step into classes next school year, they will be under a different form of leadership. School higher-ups believe partnering with Ombudsman is the best direction for Scott.
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Tina Tyus-Shaw
WSAV-TV News 3
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Scott Alternative Learning Center
Ombudsman Educational Services
Savannah-Chatham Co. Public School System
Sharon Sand
SCCPSS
Georgia
Savannah
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March 17, 2012
The Newton County School System hopes to produce more graduates with its new alternative school program.
Samantha Fuhrey, executive director of Secondary Education at NCSS, recently informed the Newton County Board of Education that system officials are identifying more high school dropouts and those at risk for not graduating and trying to encourage them to enroll in the Ombudsman program.
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Michelle Floyd
News Coverage
Newton County School System
Ombudsman Educational Services
NCSS
Georgia
Covington
Newton County Board of Education
Sharp Learning Center
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January 26, 2012
Newton County School System's alternative education program finally has a permanent location. Ombudsman, the private company being used by NCSS this year to run its alternative program, moved into its stand-alone building on the Bypass Road after waiting for months to find a location. "The staff did a wonderful job finalizing the move on Saturday and Sunday," said John Wacha, assistant vice president of Center Operations for Ombudsman.
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Michelle Floyd
The Newton Citizen
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Newton County
Newton County Schools
Ombudsman Educational Services
Georgia
Ombudsman
Covington
Sharp Learning Center
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March 08, 2011
The Newton County Board of Education voted 4-1 Tuesday evening to contract with Ombudsman to provide the county's alternative education. The decision will save the system approximately $1.9 million.
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Amber Pittman
Covington News
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Newton County Schools
Georgia
Ombudsman
Alternative Education
Sharp Learning Center
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February 04, 2011
A program in Glynn County does more than keep 17-year-old Josh Crum on schedule to graduate from high school.
Ombudsman, a national dropout prevention program that also helps students make up missed graduation credits, prevents him from getting into trouble, he says.
The Glynn County school system has retained the program to provide students an alternate route to graduation.
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Erika Capek
The Brunswick News
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dropout prevention
Georgia
Ombudsman
Alternative Education
Glynn County School System
Glynn County