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74,000
students are in Palm Beach County public
schools PK-12th grade
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Only 65% of
these students will graduate from high
school
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Only 33% of
the minority students will graduate
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Florida is
50th in the nation for students not
completing high school
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Palm Beach
County is 1st in the nation with youth going
from high school to jail
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Many students do not possess the “Life
Skills” needed to succeed in the market
place.
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“When more than one million students a year
drop out of high school, it’s more than a
problem, it’s a catastrophe. Our economic
and national security are at risk when we
fail to educate the leaders and the
workforce of the future. It’s time for a
national ‘call to arms’ because we cannot
afford to let nearly one third of our kids
fail” General Colin
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