Dropout-prevention program reinstated for Tolleson district
Tolleson Union High School District's dropout-prevention program, Jobs for Arizona's Graduates, is undergoing major changes.
Student objections and grant funding for the program caused the district's five schools to reinstate the program, but it will look dramatically different this fall, said Dennis Dowling, Tolleson Union's executive director of curriculum and instruction.
Students will now participate in an after-school program and be eligible for an elective half-credit rather than receiving full credit and attending class during the school day,
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