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Jan 19, 2021 3:04 PM EDT
Kamarree Williams had been on a path to college since before he learned long division.
A 2020 high school graduate from Marin City, California, Williams had entered an after-school college prep program, Bridge the Gap, when he was in third grade. During high school, he took dual enrollment courses at the two-year College of Marin. Williams, who is now 18, had hoped to attend the college after graduation, transfer to a four-year school and eventually own a restaurant one day.
The decline in first-time enrollment at community colleges was a staggering 21 percent with Black, Hispanic and Native American first-year students recording even steeper drops, between 28 and 29 percent.
San Antonio ISD to launch 3 more P-TECH high school programs
Jan. 19, 2021
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Mia Mojica, right, and Madison Martinez, research information during an engineering class at The Advanced Learning Academy at Fox Tech High School.Bob Owen, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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Ilian Villegas, right, and Abraham Guerrero, center, both 8th graders at The Advanced Learning Academy at Fox Tech High School, work on an engineering project.Bob Owen, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
The San Antonio Independent School District is partnering with several local colleges and businesses to add industry and career preparation programs to three more high schools starting in the fall, district leaders announced Tuesday.
Community dollars help San Antonio residents affected by COVID-19 create post-pandemic work plan
About $7 million out of the $75 million for the program has been used so far
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SAN ANTONIO – Laurie Luna is excited about starting the city’s three-month training program to become an administrative assistant. She just finished her GED at Restore Education and she’s already busy preparing for job interviews.
“So I’ve already been on my own, you know, just looking at job descriptions. You know what to expect because like I said, this is a whole new line of work for me,” she said.
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East Central High School offers more than 40 AP classes. Next school year, the AP classes will be open to all students.
Next school year, Advanced Placement courses at East Central Independent School District will be open to all students. The district has eliminated a requirement that students first take Pre-AP classes.
“It s really about access and opportunity,” said Dawn Drisdale instructional specialist for advanced academics and gifted and talented at East Central. “If you never get that (opportunity), how do you know that you ll do well?”
Pre-AP classes, offered in middle school and high school, will also now be known as honors classes. Drisdale said the goal of the new name is to reduce stigma.