HRCCE/Kettering New Centers - Dropout Prevention Questionnaire
1. Capturing Community Views: Dropout Prevention - Who and Why
This questionnaire is presented by the Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement in partnership with the Kettering Foundation. HRCCE was recently accepted as a Kettering New Center for Public Life and is part of a national network of community organizations offering National Issues Forums, which bring citizens together to deliberate about important public matters in nonpartisan public forums. Your response will help create a discussion guide about school dropout prevention—one that captures the diversity of perspectives and concerns the public brings to this issue.
Your views are central to the development of community dialogue on this issue.
Please do respond.
If you would like to learn more about the Hampton Roads Center for
Civic Engagement,
click
www.hrcce.org.
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organization,
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www.nifi.org.
If you would like to learn more about the Kettering Foundation,
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www.kettering.org.
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The following information was taken from Virginia Performs website and
may provide some helpful background information regarding dropout rates
in Virginia and the Hampton Roads area.
To visit the Virginia Performs website for more details
click
here.
Hampton
Roads 2010 Dropout
Rates
|
 |
| Portsmouth |
20.9% |
| Franklin |
16.9% |
| Norfolk |
15.9% |
| Southampton |
12.6% |
| Suffolk |
12.1% |
| Newport News |
11.6% |
| Gloucester |
9.6% |
| Hampton |
9.5% |
| Surry |
9.5% |
| Isle of Wight |
9.3% |
| Williamsburg/James City |
8.2% |
| Virginia Beach |
6.9% |
| Chesapeake |
6.4% |
| York |
4.5% |
Poquoson
|
2.7%
|
Why is the dropout rate important?
The high school dropout rate is one measure of the success of our
elementary and secondary educational systems. Moreover, because high
school dropouts are at higher risk of unemployment and other social
ills, dropout rates are a leading indicator of potential future
problems. For example, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, in February 2009 the national unemployment rate for those
without a high school diploma was 4.3 percentage points higher than
those who had graduated from high school.
2009 South Hampton Roads Graduation Rates
Click here to read a detailed report created by The Planning Council.