There's a Story Behind Every High School Dropout

The Norwich Bulletin highlights the plight of one high school dropout from Griswold. Griswold is one of four Eastern Connecticut towns invited to the Governor's Summitt for Drop Out Prevention, where the top 22 towns with the highest cumulative averages of dropouts in Connecticut were invited to attend. Griswold reported a cumulative drop out rate of 15.8% over four years of high school in 2007-08, more than double the state average of 6.6%. The article also quotes a report by Northeastern University that finds high school dropouts are more likely to end up poor, unemployed or jailed.