On the night before graduation, seventeen year old Chad O'Neil looks at the past and thinks about the future.
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Chad O?Neil, a former high school dropout, is graduating from the Community School, an alternative, residential high school for at-risk teens in Camden, Maine. With some new found direction and goals in tow, he must leave the school and make a future for himself in the real world.
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Chad O?Neil, a former high school dropout, is graduating from the Community School, an alternative, residential high school for at-risk teens in Camden, Maine. With some new found direction and goals in tow, he must leave the school and make a future for himself in the real world.
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Hope
It is great to hear this story. I believe that this story can give other families struggling with similar issues hope.