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Mathews: Urban school sheds crime label

Even with car-jacking of teacher, Wilson H.S. has turned a corner

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Wilson Principal Peter Cahall (Jahi Chikwendiu-TWP).

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Has Wilson High School become too good to worry about bad news in the paper? It would seem so. The school still struggles with the effects of poverty on student performance. But the number of tardy students has dropped, attendance is up to a school record 86 percent, the percentage of black and Hispanic students on the honor roll is rising and on some academic measures, Wilson is leaving even affluent suburban schools behind.

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