What was the deciding factor that will bring President Obama to Kalamazoo Central High School's June 7 commencement ceremony?
Melody Barnes, the White House Domestic Policy Adviser,
told WWMT-Channel 3 that Kalamazoo Central stood above the rest of the applicants for a number of reasons. Community involvement was particularly important.
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"The Kalamazoo Promise really is a wonderful program. Those anonymous donors assure Kalamazoo graduates will be able to go to college was critical, tells us how important this high school is to the community."
The community was involved from the start, from supporting K-Central students as they made their video to following through by setting the stage for the big day.
"Kalamazoo stood out, top number one winner over 1,000 applicants because of the community involvement," said Barnes.
Source: WWMT
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