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Volunteers Seek to Reach Texas Dropouts

Saturday, August 26, 2006 5:20:47 PM
By RASHA MADKOUR

David Quintana, left, is greeted by "Graduation Expectation" volunteer Russ Aideyan in a door-to-door campaign to get dropout students to return to school in Houston Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006.  Sharpstown teacher, Alfee Herron,  center left, and state Rep. Scott Hochberg are in the background. (AP Photo/Donna Carson)HOUSTON (AP) - Andres Torres, 18, is working to support his infant twin girls. Claudia Zavala, 15, gave birth on Friday. Diocelina Garcia, 18, is seven months pregnant.

All were high school dropouts when the sun rose Saturday. By noon, each had registered to go back to school. What made the difference was a visit from someone who cares that they return to the classroom.

"If the kids aren't going to come to us, we're going to come to them," said Roberta Cusack, the Houston school district's director of student engagement.


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