Arts program leads new Narbonne plan

From: Daily Breeze | Date: May 18, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

With its School for Advanced Studies of the Performing Arts as a model, Narbonne High School in Harbor City is setting the stage for an ambitious four-year plan that aims to break up the comprehensive campus into a collection of eight autonomous "small learning communities."

The ultimate goal is to improve graduation rates and daily attendance. Cultivating a sense of belonging among the school's 3,400 students is difficult, and many students end up falling through the cracks.

A typical incoming class at Narbonne might start with about 900 freshmen and only graduate about 500 students, said ...

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