December 25, 2010
Six months after opening a new alternative school program for students with discipline problems, the Clarke County School District is beginning to see some promising results.
So far this year, the schools enrolled 159 students and only 11 have dropped out. Student attendance is also up - at SOAR, one student had missed 87 days of school, but at Ombudsman she has missed less than 10, according to Ombudsman directors.
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Ryan Blackburn
The Athens Banner-Herald
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Kadeem McGriff
Joshua Scott
Sean Simpson
Ernest Hardaway
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