The second annual Governor’s Summit on High School Graduation is being held in Concord today, and Gov. John Lynch just finished speaking. Lynch reiterated a goal the state has set to eliminate all dropouts in New Hampshire by 2012. Educators from around the state are in the audience.

The summit comes as school districts are preparing for the state’s minimum dropout age to change from 16 to 18 this summer. This will mean that students will not be legally allowed to dropout, which puts the burden on local school districts to make sure this doesn’t happen. The change also means that any students who dropped out in the past two years and are still under 18 will now be required to go to school.

Is the state’s dropout change for the best? Is setting a goal of having no dropouts by 2012 realistic?

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