Show THE NEW BREED School Dropout Problem Increasingly Serious By fly Gary A. A Eyre Adult Education Director Grand School District One out of ot every three youngsters who enter school will nev never r finish a n secondary education I There are arc one million mil lion Bon American outs drop-outs per perear year ear from our schools I Over 55 million Americans have completed a secondary school education I These are facts which are contributing to our national problems of employment delinquency poverty po verty crime bulging welfare rolls and general discontent ment While the situation is alarming al ate al arming and shows little Indication Indication In In- of Improving In tho the I foreseeable future there Is a anew anew I new and optimistic educational educational movement taking place in the tho public schools that can be Instrumental in helping solve solveS the problems of 01 the Individual in individual In In- who is seeking a High school diploma or general gen oral eral adult education classes The optimistic note Is public pub lie lic school adult education to which thousands of out out-of- school youths and nd adults whether they dropped out of school one year ear ago or twenty twenty ty years ago are arc turning for fora forn a n second chance to complete or further lurther their education In Los Angeles for example one out of eve every eight high school diplomas diplomas' mas' mas granted last I year went to an ad adult lt stu stu- dent In Moab Utah last year I close to adults were enrolled enrolled en en- rolled in various adult education tion classes and for lor the past two years the exercises for graduation have included students students stu stu- dents receiving diplomas through the Grand county Adult Education program What this adds up to Is a anew anew anew new breed of high school students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents the adult Why does he lie decide to return to school Many of the students return return re reo re- re turn to education because they realize the value of a high school diploma others return to develop new skills which will enable them to seek a voc vocation or advance in their present one Many re re- return turn to school for the pleasure pleas ure of refreshing past skills and nd learning activities which will help fulfill adult life Ute I Under the leadership of the Hoard of Education the Superintendent Sup of Schools arid mid the Iho Director of ot Adult Education Lion tion Grand county Is erne cm- harking barking once again this year into a n full schedule of adult evening classes There are many kinds of adult education programs Our program In Moab is striving striving ing to make people more skilled sensitive knowledgeable knowledge able wise and healthy |