PROGRAM HELPS SCHOOL DROPOUTS GET BACK ON TRACK WITH JOBS, EDUCATION TAP SERVICE HELPED REDUCE ROANOKE'S DROPOUT RATE FROM 6 PERCENT TO 4.6 PERCENT DURING THE PAST YEAR

From: Roanoke Times & World News | Date: January 20, 2003| Author: JOEL TURNER THE ROANOKE TIMES | Copyright information

Adrian Jones and Jessica Fightmaster easily could have become school dropout statistics in Roanoke.

Jones was an outstanding athlete in middle school with dreams of becoming a college or possibly professional basketball player. He was a power forward on the Roanoke Valley Jaguars boys' 12-and-under team that captured the state Amateur Athletic Union championship in 1995. The team traveled to Salt Lake City for the national tournament where it finished 12th.

But Jones' promising a...

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