On July 29, 2008 the Rowan Partners For Education and Decrease the Dropout Rate Committee held a round-table discussion regarding how the community is helping youth to stay in school.
Agencies represented at this meeting included:
Adolescent and Family Enrichment Council
Communities In Schools
Henderson Independent High School
9 Up and 6 Up
Youth Services Bureau
Department of Social Services
Project Safe
YMCA
Rowan Salisbury School System
Girl Scouts
Rowan County United Way
Lideres Hispanos del Futuro
NC Cooperative Extension
Each agency or group gave a brief report on what they are doing to directly impact student graduation rate. They divided into four groups and asked to come up with two strategies that we could work on collectively to help reduce the dropout rate in Rowan County.
They viewed several clips of a DVD entitled "Inside Out", which is a real documentary of life behind prison walls, and testimonials of those who are serving time there.
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