Some refugees don't want to transfer to new overage school in Dallas ISD
11:16 PM CDT on Saturday, August 7, 2010
Nirmala Dangal has spent two years adapting to American ways after spending most of her life in a refugee camp in Nepal. Enrolled in a Dallas public school and now proficient in English, she'll be a senior this fall.
But now she's worried about returning for her final year and says she may drop out.Dangal is among about 500 students in the Dallas Independent School District who are slated to attend a new school for overage students.
The school was created to educate older high school students apart