A Perfect High School Graduation Rate: Asheville Buncombe Have a Plan to Get There

Submitted by kvenables on Fri, 12/08/2023 - 10:32am

Asheville Citizen Times-- May 24

United for Youth started in 2013 when representatives from several youth service organizations, United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, and Asheville City and Buncombe County Schools began discussions about establishing a youth development network. "It's really been an organic evolution to what is now United for Youth," UWABC Director of Community Schools Laura Elliot told ACT. "It's really grown into this multi-generational cradle-to-career partnership-- a partnership really built on the foundational principle that equity and educational excellence are inseparable."  Read the full article and hear from student and county leaders here.

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