Grant Helps Curb Dropouts at Dodge County High
The new year brings big bucks for Dodge County High School. Tuesday he school receives a $100,000 check from AT&T.
The school uses the money to help kids graduate.
"The thing that makes me the proudest is the fact that it's positively impacted children's lives," said Superintendent Dr. Melinda Dennis.
It's called the Success Cadres Program. For the last four years, 20 at-risk teens each year have joined.
"This group of students, most of whom failed two grades before they came to high school, and research indicates at that point that student are on track to drop out," she said.
The goal is to change that, said Dennis, and a $400,000 grant from AT&T helped target those students by focusing on math, reading and study skills.
"It has helped us with faculty and staff," she said. "We've had a teacher and a para-professional who have been specifically able to work with these children."
