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After Training Changes, Air Force SERE School Sees Near-Historic Low Attrition
Air Force Staff Sgt. Dillon Harrison, 66th Training Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, stands in formation during a SERE Specialist Apprentice Course graduation ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, January 8, 2021. Harrison was the team leader for class 21-01, which holds the lowest attrition rate in years at only 7 percent in contrast to the average 50 percent. (Ryan Gomez/U.S. Air Force)
17 Jan 2021
The Air Force s elite survival school just accomplished an almost unheard-of feat: graduating a full class with almost no dropouts.
Twenty-six of 28 students graduated the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Specialist apprentice course last week, making it the most successful graduating class in years, according to Air Education and Training officials. Typically, about half of each class washes out during the final apprentice course because of its demanding n
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Published: 12/16/2020 5:21:48 PM
Conant High School started with an idea – an idea that every child in Jaffrey deserved a free secondary education, which was not a universal concept when the school was first established by John Conant 150 years ago.
“He believed every child should have a really good education,” said Karen Ayers, member of the Jaffrey Historical Society.
The Jaffrey Historical Society is marking the anniversary with an exhibit on the top floor of the Jaffrey Public Library, featuring information about the history of the high school, as well as artifacts such as slate chalkboards and yearbooks from the school’s past, donated over the years to the Historical Society’s collection.