GE Fund donates $1 million to Atlanta high school
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Posted 7:11PM on Tuesday 10th December 2002 ( 22 years ago )
ATLANTA - An Atlanta high school received a one million dollar grant from the GE Fund in hopes of increasing the number of students it sends to college. <br>
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The grant to Southside High School matches the largest in the fund's history. It's also the largest ever made to the Atlanta Public Schools system. <br>
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Just 35 percent of Southside's seniors this year plan to attend two- or four-year colleges and universities. School officials hope the grant will double that percentage by 2007. <br>
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The money will go to SAT-preparation and tutorial programs. It also will set up a curriculum-development program for teachers to cover the gap between middle school and high school.
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