DIGGING IN PARRIS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BEGINS.(News)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: June 1, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer

PALMDALE - At a ground-breaking ceremony for the R. Rex Parris Continuation High School, officials praised continuation schools for offering an alternate route to education for teen-agers who aren't succeeding at conventional high schools.

``We are approaching next year 20,000 students in our high school district,'' said superintendent Robert Girolamo. ``A lot of young people do not and cannot survive in that kind of environm...

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