More than 300 people came to the Atlanta History Center Tuesday night to hear the Fulton County Schools “State of the District” address. Superintendent Jeff Rose said Fulton can improve upon its 86.6 percent graduation rate, the highest among large metro Atlanta districts. He asked the audience to imagine sending a child to school on the first day of Kindergarten.
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“If they gave you a number, a percent of your child graduating on time from high school, what percent would you walk away thinking, ‘Ok. I’m ok with that. I feel good.’?” Rose said.
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