Highly motivated Fayette students

could complete their first year of college before ever receiving a high

school diploma if a Post-Secondary Options Program is established in the

county.

Superintendent John DeCotis

told school board members at Monday's regular meeting that officials from

Georgia Military College, housed on the grounds of the old state capitol

in Milledgeville, have inquired about offering the college-level classes

at the LaFayette Educational Center.

He suggested the Board consider

the Post-secondary Options Program, or PSO, as another possible feature

of the charter school concept already proposed for the LEC.

PSO programs aren't the most

accessible. Students must pass a number of criteria for admission, though

the majority of tuition is waived. College credits are applied as well

to the high school requirements, and the student must still take the state

graduation exam to receive a high school diploma. Courses are generally

liberal arts, core college classes.

Residents are being asked to

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