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Communities In Schools
Good Neighbors at State Farm Grant $250,000 to Communities In Schools to Support Dropout Prevention and Improve Florida's Graduation Rate
April 14th, 2009
Communities In Schools (CIS) of Florida, the state's leading stay-in-school organization, is proud to announce the award of a $250,000 grant from State Farm to support its work to reduce the state's dropout rate. "The high school dropout rate has become a national epidemic. As many as one out of three students nationally are not graduating each year. In Florida, without support, as many as 1 million currently-enrolled students are in jeopardy of not graduating with their peers. With the monumental task facing educators today, schools simply cannot meet all the needs of the students alone. The public, private, and nonprofit sectors must increase our collaborative efforts...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-14)
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