Taryn Finley of The Huffington Post is reporting 100 percent of Chicago’s Urban Preparatory Charter School’s senior class is college bound for the seventh consecutive year. Finley reports:
“Every senior at the predominantly black, all-boys charter school in Chicago has committed to a four-year college or university. At the school’s three campuses combined, the class of 2016 has been admitted to more than 220 schools…Overall, the senior class has received more than 1,500 college admissions and has been offered more than $15 million in scholarships and grants, according to CBS Chicago. Founder and CEO of Urban Prep Tim King said the students have been admitted to schools all over the country, including Georgetown University, Yale University, Morehouse College, among other schools.”
Since 2010, every senior class has had 100 percent of their students admitted to college, the school’s website says.
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