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Henrico supervisors, School Board discuss future of Achievable Dream Academy
5 minutes Posted Feb 24, 2021 at 4:00 pm.
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Discussion of the Achievable Dream Academy at Highland Springs Elementary School, and the program’s planned expansion to the middle school level this fall, prompted a few pointed remarks during a joint meeting of the Henrico Board of Supervisors and School Board Tuesday night. Henrico Schools contracted with An Achievable Dream, based in Newport News, in 2017 to operate its program at the school beginning with kindergarten, first and second-grade students that fall and expanding by one grade level each year since. The organization partners with school districts to operate its program primarily in underserved or challenged communities and provides additional...

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