Success at Dayton high school may be short-lived

May 31, 2007
Budget cuts may force the district to end an experimental program after one year.

At Dayton Early College Academy in Dayton, Ohio, every one of the 32 members of the graduating class, most from low-income families, will attend college in the fall on the strength of their academic achievements and $2 million in scholarship offers. That success, however, may not be enough to save the experimental public high school. Voters rejected a school tax levy earlier this month, and the school district had to cut $30 million from its budget. That could result in the academy’s reverting to a more traditional model.

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