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Adair Co. Drop Out Rate: Steadily improving, mostly 2013-04-19 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo From Presentation by Brenda Mann. In the past five years, Assistant Superintendent Brenda Mann said, the dropout rate in Adair County has been dropping. Last year was an exception of small magnitude, but one the Adair County School District is carefully monitoring. The big drop, from 2008-09 to 2009-10, she said, has more to do with a change in how drop out rates were calculated. The Kentucky Department of Education allowed the inclusion of GED graduates in the graduate cohort. Mann noted the economic, social, and community pride factors, but, she said, the real value in keeping kids in school until they reach 18, is that it gives the individuals hope. "Nothing is sadder," she said, "than to look into the eyes of so many of the dropouts and they are devoid of hope." Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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