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AT&T program helps schools raise the bar
Posted: 03.19.2012 at 5:30 AM
Janet Parker

Janet Parker serves as a co-anchor of Good Day Columbia where she brings you the day's top stories from 5-9 a.m. each weekday.

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COLUMBIA (WACH/AP)--AT&T executives are visiting a Columbia school to talk about a program they hope will help boost South Carolina's high school graduation rate.

AT&T South Carolina President Pamela Lackey is joining school district officials and Employment and Workforce Director Gen. Abraham Turner at C.A. Johnson High School in Columbia on Monday.

Organizers say some former students who have benefited from previous AT&T-backed education programs will also be on hand.

AT&T says this new campaign is taking on high school graduation rates through a socially innovative approach.

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