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Academies score graduation, digital preparation success - North Carolina - The Black Chronicle

(The Center Square) – Students' real-world experience and relationships with local businesses with an eye on career aspirations were shown this week by two North Carolina high schools to the leader of the state’s Internal Operations Division within the Department of Information Technology. Gray’s Creek High in Hope Mills and Pine Forest High on the […]

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1980

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