Sixty-five of the students currently in that program actually have met graduation requirements but have opted not to receive their diplomas until they complete their college credits, Principal Bo Yates said. Including them would bring Lebanon’s four-year regular diploma rate to 67 percent.
Mid-valley charter and alternative high schools did not fare as well. Just 15 of the 88 students at the alternative Albany Options School received a regular diploma last year, for a four-year cohort rate of 17 percent. That’s up from 11 percent last year. Twenty-three students were recorded as dropouts. Another 29 received GEDs and 21 chose to continue their education at the options school.
At Oregon Connections Academy, the statewide online charter school headquartered in Scio, 99 of 292 students received a regular diploma last year, for a rate of just under 34 percent. Another 28 received GEDs, 44 chose to continue enrollment and 121 dropped out.
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