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Rockford Center honors its graduates (Rockford, Ill.)
Posted on May 13, 2016
Attend a Rockford School Board meeting early and you’ll likely have to wait on the board to emerge from executive session, a time when board members discuss, among other things, student truancy and discipline. The names of some of those ...
True Star Foundation Co-Founder Encourages Students (Chicago)
Posted on May 11, 2016
DeAnna McLeary-Sherman, co-founder of True Star Foundation, spoke last week at Ombudsman South and West to encourage Chicago students to live their best lives. McLeary-Sherman also promoted the Foundation’s summer jobs program. True Star will have over 150 jobs for ...
Linda Sanders loves working with kids (Grand Island, Neb.)
Posted on May 1, 2016
“My friends say that I don’t sit well. They all say I don’t sit well,” says Linda Sanders, director of the Ombudsman alternative high school program, which helps students from Grand Island Senior High earn a high school school diploma. ...
Students Celebrate Women Empowerment (Chicago)
Posted on April 27, 2016
Students and faculty came together to celebrate Women’s Empowerment at Ombudsman Chicago by paying homage to influential women history makers and recognizing their notable contributions. Ombudsman students created wall murals and collages to share their own perspectives on the significance ...
New Contract for Ombudsman (Parker, Ariz.)
Posted on April 19, 2016
Ombudsman Education Services will be providing alternative education services for the Parker Unified School District for the next three years. The District Governing Board approved a proposal from Ombudsman to provide these services from July 1, 2016 to June 30, ...
Avoyelles Virtual Program Addresses Academic, Behavior Issues
Posted on April 10, 2016
Alternative school for expelled, long-term suspended students It would seem self-defeating for a “disciplinary school” program to be so successful that its students beg to stay after they have “served their sentence” and been deemed able to return to their ...
Ombudsman Arizona Partners with C-Tech (Phoenix)
Posted on April 10, 2016
Ombudsman Arizona ~ According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Phoenix is the top-paying metropolitan area in the nation for home electronics entertainment equipment installation and repair occupations. Students enrolled in Ombudsman Arizona Charter Schools will now have the opportunity ...
Ombudsman Helps Empower Today’s Youth (Chicago)
Posted on March 29, 2016
As Women’s History Month ends, Ombudsman Chicago continues to help inspire the next generation of African American leaders, especially young women. Ombudsman students like Imani Tiney and Monica Watson are carrying the torch and leading by example for other youth. ...
Ombudsman is helping students graduate (Grand Island, Neb.)
Posted on March 29, 2016
Ombudsman has done a good job of not only helping students in that program graduate, but also helping raise the overall graduation rate for Grand Island Senior High. That message was brought to Grand Island Rotary Club members on Tuesday ...
2016 Offers a Fresh Start for Ombudsman Chicago Graduates
Posted on March 17, 2016
Just weeks into 2016, the year has already been rewarding for Ronnesha Whitfield, Isiah Spann and Inocencio Lorenzo and more than 44 Ombudsman Chicago students who have earned their Chicago Public Schools high school diploma. “We are extremely pleased with ...
