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Mar 15, 2006

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UP FOR THE CHALLENGE
Polly Rogers
Richmond.com

Maybe it starts with failing a class or hanging out with the wrong crowd. Perhaps skipping school or giving up seems like a simpler option.

No matter how it happens, each year about 11,500 students drop out of Virginia high schools. In 2005, the four-year graduation rate of Virginians in public schools was 73.6 percent.

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