The state Department of Public Instruction says more students are dropping out. In the East hundreds of kids aren't finishing school. Take Beaufort County: its 2006-2007 report shows 145 kids dropped out. That's 11 more than the year before. The school system wants to change that and believe the answer lies in "pathways," a national program that's coming to Beaufort County.
Every student has a purpose, a place in society. That's what Beaufort County Assistant Superintendent Crystal Ange believes and says that too often kids just give up. Ange says, "test scores don't measure the entire child."
That's why Ange is bringing the pathways program to Beaufort County this fall. She says, (it’s) "an alternative pathway to reaching high school success.”
Ange says she's confident “Pathways” will help keep more kids in school. Students who fail classes can get a second chance to master the material through computer sessions. The program will also help students develop job skills, like masonry.
David Weatherly says, "it's a pathway to supporting yourself as an adult, it gives you a skill you can sell in the workplace."
Weatherly believes students will embrace “Pathways” because it gives students both a chance to master their courses and a skill they can use in the real world.
Weatherly says, "post-secondary education is not for everyone."
And while school leaders believe many things can make a student drop out of school, it often boils down to whether kids have faith in their future.
In Beaufort County administrators believe pathways will give them that future.
The state gave Beaufort County Schools $150,000.00 for “Pathways Program” to help prevent drop outs.
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