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Student Leadership Network tells Buffalo board its counselors and DCCs are boosting college plans
Summary
Student Leadership Network told a Buffalo City School District work session its placed Directors of College Counseling (DCCs) and related supports are increasing FAFSA completion and college planning; presenters cited national impact figures and said 867 students are currently planning to enroll in college from participating schools.
Yolanda Marshall, chief executive officer of Student Leadership Network, told the Buffalo City School District education-support meeting that her nonprofit’s work is aimed at closing a roughly 23-percentage-point college-enrollment gap between students from low-income backgrounds and their more affluent peers.
"We are impacting the lives of about 80,000 students," Marshall said, and described a district partnership that places full-time Directors of College Counseling (DCCs) in partner schools to provide one-on-one college-application help, FAFSA support and family events.
John Rory, the organization’s executive vice president and chief innovation officer, outlined the…
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