Hidden Secret of 92% at Lake Stevens

Side by side stats. seldom tell the whole truth.
  
About seven years ago, retired Lake Stevens's S.D. superintendent Dave Burgess closed PROVE, the LS alternative school.   PROVE kids were then exiled down Hwy. 92 to Crossroads, the alternative school for cash-strapped Granite Falls SD.  Burgess's promise of "8-15 kids for a couple of years until we reopen PROVE" has turned into a steady stream of hundreds of at risk, court ordered, probationed, IEP, credit deficient, "reinstated," and high drop out students.  

Viking Pride, cap. fac. bonds, great sports teams, hi tech levies, 4A wrap around services(mental health/SRO), and especially that wonderful 92% graduation rate do not apply to the dozens of Lake Stevens kids riding east on Highway 92 to Granite Falls.