Editor’s note:
Today, the Journal continues “The Good News File,” a series of uplifting stories in partnership with KOAT-TV and KKOB Radio. The Journal will publish a “Good News” feature the first Friday of the month, KOAT-TV will present its feature each second Friday and KKOB each third Friday.
It’s said there are no do-overs in life, but librarians in Albuquerque are hoping to provide some people with a chance to do it all over again.
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The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Library system has teamed up with the New Mexico State Library to help high school dropouts earn a diploma. Career Online High School is available through public library systems across the country and launched in Albuquerque this January during the pandemic. Unlike some other paths to earning that missing piece of paper that says “I graduated,” this program allows participants to complete all their coursework online and costs are covered by a scholarship. Students are also earning an actual diploma and not a GED certificate.