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Some refugees don't want to transfer to new overage school in Dallas ISD | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Some refugees don't want to transfer to new overage school in Dallas ISD | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Some refugees don't want to transfer to new overage school in Dallas ISD



11:16 PM CDT on Saturday, August 7, 2010

By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News
tdhobbs@dallasnews.com

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

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