May 14. 2008
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Turning onto a
course toward
productive lives
What happens when a young
person drops out o f high school?
For many dropouts the answer
is: unem ploym ent, drug abuse
and trouble with the law.
But there is still hope, even
for adults who have missed out
onaneducation and found them
selves enm eshed in the criminal
ju s tic e sy stem : the L o n d er
Learning Center.
The center is a specialized
education program operated by
the M ultnomah County D epart
ment o f C om m unity Justice.
This unique school-within-a-pa-
role-office provides adults on
probation, parole, and in sub
stance abuse treatment an op
portunity to overcom e educa
tional and work barriers, attain
their GEDs and go to college.
Last m onth, the program
g rad u ated 50 stu d en ts who
qualified for their GEDs.
Since its inception 12 years
ago, approximately 700 students
have earned their GEDs from
the Londer Learning Center, and
Celebrating the completion o f their high school studies and a new course in life that puts them on a path toward productive lives are a group o f graduates from a
Multnomah County Department of Community Justice program. Pictured are John Terry, Roberto Dominguez, instructor Melinda Maiterth, Denise Robertson, Heather
O 'Neil, Elizabeth Candelario and Jarvis Zirkle.
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