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Sacramento City Unified's small schools' success belies national trend - Sacramento Bee

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Sacramento City Unified's small schools' success belies national trend

Published: Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 12:21 am

The buzz and grant funding have cooled. The national movement has quieted. What remains locally of the small schools reform effort are five under-enrolled Sacramento City Unified schools.

But for Matt Perry, the district director of high school reform, success is measured by improving graduation rates and the feedback from families whose children are enrolled in the small schools.

"If it wasn't for this school, who knows if he would have graduated," said Ben Martinez, whose son, Matthew, graduated last week with



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