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To: LindyBill who wrote (67845)	9/7/2004 7:49:04 PM
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A new kind of high school in Houston Number two pencil blog Working full time? Need to learn English? Not yet ready for college? Under 21? Houston may have a high school for you: Seventeen-year-old immigrant Antonio Cruz works the overnight shift as a janitor to help support his family, leaving little time for a traditional high school schedule. He's the kind of person Houston school officials hope to lure to a proposed new campus that would offer flexible schedules, accelerated credit programs and yearlong schooling. "Many of these students walk into our high schools and know little or no English," interim Houston superintendent Abe Saavedra said Tuesday at Lee High School, where students from 70 countries speak 42 languages. "Immigrant students need more support than conventional schools can provide." The school, which goes to a vote of the Houston Independent School District's board Thursday, would offer weekend classes, customized instruction and "whatever we have to do to make sure these kids graduate," Saavedra said... The school would open in 2005 to about 125 students, eventually growing to about 250, Saavedra said. The concept could be expanded to at least three other areas of the district, which has about 12,000 immigrant students. Posted by kswygert at September 7, 2004