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Once-praised high school now in deep hole
- 03-23-2010
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By Doug Irving/Orange County Register
Long before it landed on a list of the worst-performing schools in California, Century High School was something special – a source of pride and a sign of hope for some of Orange County’s most embattled neighborhoods. It was the school of the future when it opened just 20 years ago, with classrooms so cutting-edge that visitors came from as far away as Russia to have a look. But reality hit hard and hit fast; today, fewer than a third of Century’s students are proficient in English. The school has always been a part of the neighborhood, and the problems that grip its corner of Santa Ana have a way of following students to class. Many come from homes where the work day is long and English is a new language, in dense apartment blocks where the streets aren’t always safe after dark. (more...)
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