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  • School-business program aimed at raising grades [Jeb's FL: How a "D" school improved to a "B"] (AP)

    07/15/2002 4:00:56 PM PDT · by summer · 103 replies · 1,386+ views
    AP, other sources ^ | June 16, 2002 | Ron Word, others
    Sunday, June 16, 2002 The Associated Press State & Local Wire Principal Frances Gupton, Jacksonville, FL, and Kevin Twomey, president of the Jacksonville-based St. Joe Co -- Do business leaders belong in public schools? This principal now says: YES! School-business program aimed at raising grades By Ron Word Principal Frances Gupton stopped celebrating her school's high marks on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests to fire off an e-mail to a businessman who helped her inner city school make an academic U-turn. The message was for Kevin Twomey, president of the Jacksonville-based St. Joe Co., who had volunteered as a...