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Thinking of Dropping Out?

Moorhead Alternative Learning Center

Phone: 218-284-2200
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Attendance Office: 218-284-2201

School Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (other options as arranged)

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Are you thinking of dropping out of school?

  • School seems boring or like a waste of your time.
  • You are having difficulty getting along with your teachers.
  • You don't feel connected to the kids in your classes.
  • You've been suspended.
  • You're pregnant or already a parent.
  • You don't feel safe at school.
  • You're having trouble keeping up with school work.
  • You're failing your classes.
  • You need to hold down a job.

Red River ALC can help!

Contact us today, to find out which of our programs might be the right fit for you.

What's the big deal about dropping out, anyway?

  • High school dropouts are eligible for only 12 percent of new jobs.
  • High school graduates, on the average, earn $9,245 more per year than high school dropouts.
  • Unemployment rates are up to 10 times higher for minorities without a high school education.
  • Girls who drop out are more likely to have children at a young age and to be single parents.
  • The U.S. death rate for those with fewer than 12 years of education is 2.5 times higher than the rate of those with 13 or more years of education.
  • In today's workplace, only 40 percent of adults who dropped out of high school are employed, compared to 60 percent of adults who completed high school and 80 percent for those with a bachelor's degree.
  • One high school student drops out every nine seconds in this country.
  • U.S. companies lose nearly $40 billion annually because of illiteracy.
  • Seventy-five percent of America's state prison inmates are high school dropouts.
  • High school dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be arrested in their lifetime.
  • A 1 percent increase in graduation rates would save approximately $1.4 billion in incarceration costs, or about $2,100 per each male high school graduate.
  • A one-year increase in the average education levels would reduce arrest rates by 11 percent.

To learn more about dropout prevention, visit the National Dropout Prevention Center Network's website at http://www.dropoutprevention.org

To learn how you can help someone who is considering dropping out of school, contact the Red River ALC. We are here to help.