from East Brainerd Weekly, Chattanooga Times Free Press Community News, August 12, 2009. By Hannah Campbell
"East Brainerd resident Hayden Jordan is one of many students who worked with Re:Start to earn his GED and graduate from the program this summer.
“I’m glad that I can say I’m done until I go to college,” the 17-year-old said. “I’m done with school for now.”
Jordan said drug- and alcohol-related problems prevented him from finishing school at Ooltewah High School.
After alternative school and adult high school, he said, the GED program was a natural next step. A friend recommended Re:Start to guide him.
“They’re great over there,” Jordan said. “They really helped me out. It allowed me to go ahead and get my diploma so I didn’t have to go through any more stuff at Ooltewah, where I would get in trouble.”
Re:Start, The Center for Adult Education, is a state-funded program that prepares students to take the GED tests. The 50-year-old organization was formerly known as READ Chattanooga before changing its name earlier this year to better reflect its role of providing adult education for the community."
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