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In the recent news of Leadership and Entrepreneurship Public Charter High School possibly facing closure and having a close friend who's son attends LEP, I would hope that words like this from Obama will remain in the board members minds as they rethink about renewing the school's contract on March 30th.

Being a young person who understands the struggle of thriving let alone surviving a high school experience, if a school is working and better yet working WELL for a student, why take that away from them? The students at LEP love where they are and are motivated by going to school. It is rare to hear that "school feels like home" to a student and should be continued in order to enrich the lives of young people and keep the link between positive and high school in the same sentence.

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