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Lower Price Hill and the surrounding neighborhoods in Cincinnati are primary Appalachian settlement areas. Since 1940, most of the neighborhood people and their families have come to Cincinnati from Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. In 1972 agroup of'neighborhood people met with Michael Maloney,founding director ofCincinnati's Urban Appalachian Council, to establish afree, adult school. Thefounders sought tofind a way to educate their children and family members for the better life they were seeking in Cincinnati. From first-hand experience they knew the vital importance ofeducation. The specific reason for establishing the school was the neighborhood's high school dropout rate--higher than anywhere in Eastern Kentucky or West Virginia. As many as eight out often Lower Price Hill children did not finish high school. The school plan envisioned by the community people calledfor a personalized, one-room school much like schools that existed in parts ofthe mountains prior to 1970. Since 1978, when I joined the effort, over 400 students have become GED graduates. Some of these make the next step and move on to college at an on-site program with Chatfield College ofBrown County, Ohio; othersfind suitable employment. Keeping the schoolgoing, true to its mission as a quality, free adult learning center
Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 8, 1995
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