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Tiny high school offers big change: New option in CMS offers online classes, fast pace to deter dropout.
Byline: Ann Doss Helms
Jul. 8--In a green pinstripe suit, 17-year-old Vickey Fletcher looks more like the professional she aspires to be than the teen who spent freshman year socializing instead of studying. That's the kind of student Charlotte-Mecklenburg's newest and smallest high school wants. The Performance Learning Center opens in August in an old elementary school north of uptown. Launched too late to be part of the normal school-selection process, it's already attracting dozens of students. They'll take classes online, moving quickly through what they can master and getting help from teachers when they falter. They'll do community service and academic projects tailored to their career goals, guided by mentors from local businesses. They'll trade high school sports and social life for an experimental setting designed to get them out of high school and into college. At 15 or 16, Fletcher would have said no, thanks. "I'm focused on my career now," said the…
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