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"It took a village to start the transformation of Denham Town High School, and where we are now, I can't wait to share our success."
That's how Acting Principal Yvette Richard Thompson describes the progress of the school in Kingston, Jamaica, in the year since she took charge.
The Guardian reports that Denham Town was among the country's most troubled schools, with high levels of crime and violence in its communities.
But a year ago, the executive director of the MultiCare Youth Foundation responded to a call for help from the school, with the idea of convening a powerful stakeholder group to coordinate the implementation of behavioral and layered results-based social interventions.
The group includes the Ministry of Education and Youth, the Ministry of National Security, the Creative Language-Based Learning Foundation, JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, Crime Stop Jamaica, and representatives of the school's administrative and teaching staff.
Over the past year, the school says, significant progress has been made in transforming not only Denham Town High School, but virtually everyone associated with it.
In addition to improving attendance and literacy, the school says, "significant progress has been made in transforming not only Denham Town High School, but virtually everyone associated with it."
Over the past year, 26 of the school'
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