For years, Buffalo has had high school students scattered through the district who are unlikely to graduate because they are much older than their fellow students. The district is now setting up the Pathways program to offer help.
The program will concentrate all of these 461 freshmen in East High School and try to get them through to their diplomas.
"We have a list of the 461 students and we are analyzing the data," said School Leadership Chief David Mauricio.
"How many of the students have reading challenges? Math challenges? Suspension and attendance? What was important is what we are doing about it. We will have reading intervention programs, that are very specific to this adolescent population. Math intervention program as well."
Mauricio says the district will also have full-time social workers and counselors to figure out if factors outside of the classroom are interfering with their ability to finish school, with a diploma or an equivalency certificate. He says the cost isn't clear but is necessary.
