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Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard
SPRINGFIELD - The change was small, uncomplicated and noncontroversial, but for the students and staff at Gateways High School - formerly Gateways Learning Center - it speaks volumes.
Responding to a request from the school over the summer, the school board last week voted to change the name of the 12-year-old alternative school, which has evolved from a part-time credit-recovery program to a bona fide high school that last June awarded nearly 80 standard diplomas in a celebration at the Wildish Community Theater.
"The people who instigated (the change) were really the students and, second to that, the parents," said Gateways Principal Sheryl Ott, who has led the school nearly from its inception. "They…
Source: HighBeam Research, Gateways supporters welcome new name.(Schools)(The Springfield...