Army to grow its own high-school grads

[unhappycamper]

Pvt. Kyle Rucker, 19, is the first student to be in the Army's new Prepartory school at Ft. Jackson, S.C. Staff Sgt. Normil Castor goes over some basic Army do's and don'ts for the new private.


Army to grow its own high-school grads
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Aug 1, 2008 16:32:06 EDT

Faced with a shrinking pool of eligible young recruits, the Army is getting into the business of granting diplomas at its own homegrown high school.

In a pilot program scheduled to begin Aug. 4 at Fort Jackson, S.C., qualifying high school dropouts will start a four-week curriculum at the new Army Preparatory School to earn a general equivalency diploma.

The plan was to start classes of 60 students each on four consecutive Mondays. As of Aug. 1, only two students were enrolled for the first week, but 36 were expected to arrive for the second week’s class.

Within a few months, according to plans, the GED program will expand to eight weeks and students in those classes will earn a fully accredited high school diploma that will be recognized as equal to a diploma from any American high school.

The Army is working with new legislation in South Carolina to obtain accreditation as a charter high school. Later, the Army hopes to expand accreditation to other states so that soldiers enrolled in the prep school can get a diploma from their original high school.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/army_prepschool_080108w/

[LiberalFighter]

1. As a charter school? Does that mean they want SC to pay their expenses?

[Angleae]

2. More likely they want to be accredited for

recognition by other states and universities. Without it, it's just a piece of paper.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Last I knew states don't do the accredidation.

[Angleae]

4. If the states don't then who does?

[LiberalFighter]

5. You don't recall an outside independent organization rating your high school's program?

Ours was the North Central Accrediting Association of Colleges and Schools.

Others:
North Central Accrediting Association of Colleges and Schools
Southern Accrediting Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Schools

Without it colleges may not accept the transcripts from a high school.

[Angleae]

6. I have trouble rembering high school as it is.

More or less any organization involved, but then again, it was in SoCal.