After-School Program Keeps 96 Percent of Participating Students On Track to Graduate in At-Risk Communities
United Way and Exelon partnership entering sixth year improves grades and attendance rates Students who participated in an innovative after-school program last year had a 96 percent graduation rate, well above the 54.3 percent average for Chicago Public Schools (CPS)*. These results were reported in an annual report card issued last week for the Exelon-United Way Stay in School Initiative, which was created by Exelon and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. The results were announced...
