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HFM BOCES puts spotlight on urgent need to raise graduation rates

For the 2008-09 school year, HFM BOCES has launched an initiative to help raise awareness among parents, educators and community residents about what causes teens to drop out -- and what we can do as individuals and collectively to boost graduation rates.

It's a serious problem

Across the nation, nearly one-third of high school students will not graduate – that’s 1.2 million students a year, or 7,000 each school day.

Regionally, the numbers are better, with 76 percent of high school seniors on average graduating each year in the HFM BOCES area.

But those numbers aren’t nearly good enough, not for the individuals whose opportunities are limited by their lack of education, and not for society as a whole.

Throughout the 2008-09 school year, HFM BOCES will continue to post resources to help area educators and parents work together to boost graduation rates.

Please bookmark this page and check back soon for more information.

Drop-out Prevention Resources

• www.dropoutprevention.org

• www.americaspromise.org



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	Spring ahead! Daylight Savings Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour this Saturday night before going to bed. Daylight Savings Time for the United States begins Sunday, March 14, at precisely 2 a.m. The National Fire Protection Association recommends that this date be a reminder to change the battery in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors when we change the clocks for Daylight Saving Time. While you've got the ladder out to check your smoke detectors, why not change a light bulb? Switching to energy efficient bulbs in your ceiling fixtures could save you $30 a year per bulb on your electricity bill according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Studies done in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Transportation show that we trim the entire country's electricity usage by about one percent EACH DAY during Daylight Saving Time.

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