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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (33306)	2/25/2009 11:27:31 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

I believe those are "on time" graduation rates, meaning the student has a HS diploma 4 years after entering as a freshman. If that's correct, then the "eventual graduation rates" would be higher, higher still if you count GEDs. I have a friend who technically never graduated from High School but now he's a lawyer. He got a GED, then he went to a community college, got good grades there, transferred to a 4 year school, then went to law school. Still he's the exception, not the norm for the people who never get a HS diploma. All sorts of exceptions can be found, but the larger issue is the normal result, and usually for people without HS diploma's its not exactly great. The fact that almost 80% of HS students in Detroit don't graduate on time (and I believe over 70% never graduate), is horrible.