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MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMESJon Terrones, a sophomore at Jackson High School, says after-school study sessions helped him make upmissing work.- In 2004, alarmed by figures that showed that 47 percent of students had dropped out of
high school the previous year, Everett set about creating a safety net to keep kids inschool.- Everett High School cut its number of F
grades by 17 percent in the first semester compared with a year ago.- He was sent to Campbell's after-school study sessions, which he said gave
him structured time to make up the missing work.- He said the fish were so heavy, ...
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