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Exceptional children making exceptional strides
Dawson Countys Community Based Instruction providing essential skills for students
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DCHS students in the Community Based Instruction program take their recently purchased cart through the halls of the high school to deliver freshly brewed coffee from their own coffee shop to faculty and students. - photo by Amy French Dawson County News
The excitement over the Community Based Instruction program that began this year at Dawson County High School is palpable-particularly when speaking to the teachers who are making it work. Ashley Elliott, Edith Banta and Lacy Hammond are pouring themselves into the exceptional children of DCHS and are finding their way with the newly instituted effort that will give these students opportunities well beyond the walls of the school. "We are all passionate about it," said Edith Banta who is the lead teacher for the CBI program.
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Graduation rate in Dawson County remains above 95 percent
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Despite the turmoil over the last year, as classes were canceled and pushed online due to COVID-19, the graduation rate in Dawson County for 2020 remains one of the highest in the state, according to Dawson County Schools Superintendent Damon Gibbs.
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