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Bluebag Media
Neff wants 100
percent graduation rate at GHS
GREENVILLE – According to Kiwanian and Greenville High School’s Ken
Neff it makes no difference whether 18 students don’t graduate or eight
students don’t graduate. “Eighteen students? Eight students… are you
okay with that?” he asked. “I believe every student should graduate.
One hundred percent!”
As Greenville City Schools’ new Virtual Academy Director, Neff told
Kiwanians July 1 the District offers the Academy to help kids who are
at risk. “These are not bad kids; they are kids who don’t often make
good choices… in fact they often make bad choices. This gives them the
ability to stay in school.” He said many of the students are homeless,
or got pregnant… some are felons, have criminal records.
He noted an article in The Early Bird (search it on Bluebag Media),
“Employers taking a new look at felons…” “This is a good thing,” he
said, adding they need to have the chance to get a job, to work. “They
are in class two hours a day… what do they do the other five? Get
jobs...
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