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May 14, 2013
Thirteen young men and women were recognized for their hard work and dedication in becoming the class of 2013 for the Grand Island Ombudsman Center.
Linda Sanders, the center’s director, noted that many of the graduates faced special challenges in earning their high school diplomas. She noted that several students worked 40 to 50 hours per week at the JBS packing plant yet still put in the time needed to earn their degree.
Sanders said students earn their diplomas not only because of their own hard work, but also because of the support of their parents, siblings, other family members and significant others in their lives.
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Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
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April 29, 2013
[ILC] is helping Collins and grant recover credits quickly. Grant will now graduate a semester early to hopefully become a vet technician, a future plan she says probably wouldn’t have happened with the ILC.
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Lauren Kravets
WIFR-TV
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March 11, 2013
Edtrek in Holt has seen increasing graduation rates in the past few years. The students are determined to receive the best education they can, according to Center Director Connie Ragnone. Edtrek is the alternative high school in Holt for students who desire more hands-on learning.
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Sally Zimmerman
The Holt Journal
News Coverage
Holt
Ombudsman Educational Services
Macala Cadwell
Ryan Anderson
Edtrek
Connie Ragnone
Aliyah Scott
Lansing Community College
Michigan
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February 11, 2013
Effingham County’s alternative school has proven to be a successful option for a number of at-risk students in the county, according to an administrator of the school. John Wacha, an assistant vice president with Ombudsman Educational Services, told the Effingham County Board of Education on Wednesday that Effingham’s Ombudsman Center has had a 100 percent graduation rate in each of the past two years.
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Paul Floeckher
The Effingham Herald
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Ombudsman Educational Services
Effingham County Schools
Rincon
Springfield
Georgia
Superintendent Randy Shearouse
Ombudsman
CRCT
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December 18, 2012
Schools saves district money, tries to educate unruly students instead of leaving them behind. A little over a year after its debut, city superintendent Dennis Dupree says the school district’s alternative education program is a success. Dupree says that the program, run by Ombudsman, a private company, saves the district about $400,000 per year while getting more students out the door with an education.
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Jesse Wright
The Press Register
News Coverage
Dennis Dupree
Ombudsman Educational Services
Thomas E. Shaw School of Excellence
Coahoma Community College
Rust College
Shirley Saddler
North Panola
Northwest Community College
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December 18, 2012
Caps, gowns, family, friends, photographs of the graduates shaking hands with the superintendent of schools. All the trappings of a conventional graduation were present Monday for the six students who received their Grand Island Senior High School diplomas, even if the young people took an unconventional route through the Ombudsman program to get to their commencement ceremony.
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Harold Reutter
The Grand Island Independent
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Alian Leon Gamboa
Nebraska
Michelle Richardson
Grand Island Public Schools
Ombudsman Educational Services
Cristian Tejada-Gomez
Jennifer Worthington
Metropolitan Community College
Kathryn Hughes
Jonathan Mundo
U.S. Marines
Reyna Chacon
Jeff Gilbertson
Linda Sanders
Duane Coats
Jose Gutierrez
Karey Killion
Grand Island
Kay Obermiller
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November 02, 2012
For years, Greeley-Evans School District 6 officials have dealt with complaints about overcrowding, fighting and bullying in the district’s four middle schools. The 2011-12 contract negotiations between the Greeley Education Association and the district pushed the topic to the forefront when teachers made middle school reform and better ways to deal with behavior issues one of their top priorities.
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Sherrie Peif
The Greeley Tribune
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Ombudsman Educational Services
Greeley-Evans School District 6
Reach Opportunity Center
Greeley Education Association
at-risk middle school students
Ranelle Long
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November 02, 2012
The Atlantis Academy Coral Springs private school was recently recognized for its special education program, as it was named Education Provider of the Year by the Broward County Advisory Board for Individuals with Disabilities. Atlantis Academy, owned and operated by the Tennessee-based firm Educational Services of America, opened in 2003 with about 60 students and has since grown to more than 100 children in kindergarten through 12th grade, said Carla Nichols, the center's director.
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Randy Abraham
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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Coral Springs
ITT Technical School
Carla Nichols
Shawn Steele
Broward County Advisory Board for Individuals with Disabilities
Fort Lauderdale
Atlantis Academy
special education
Florida
Spectrum Center Schools and Programs
Education Provider of the Year
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October 29, 2012
There's nothing traditional about the new Multicultural Academy. From the students to the learning environment, this new school is providing a different kind of individualized instruction giving students hope for future success.
The new program is designed to meet the learning needs of older students who have little or no formal education or who have had several extended interruptions in school including English Language Learners.
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Meagan Millage
KDLT News
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ELL
Ombudsman Educational Services
Sioux Falls School District
Refugees
Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls
English language proficiency
Literacy
South Dakota
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October 21, 2012
Despite having the odds stacked against him, Seneca Ombudsman student Joeseph Gagnon earned his diploma in May.
Prior to graduating, Gagnon shared the story of the adversity he had faced in an essay submitted to the Ombudsman Operation Graduation essay contest.
Gagnon's story of his rocky semester was so moving that his essay won second place in the national competition.
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Whitney Saporito
The Neosho Daily News
News Coverage
Ombudsman Educational Services
Missouri
Seneca
Seneca R-7 school district
Operation Graduation