TIME magazine says...

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>yeah i believe it...
at my school..the freshman classes always start out around 600 (always a record size each successive year)
graduating class is usually like 400-some</p>

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<p>According to wikipedia, only 57% of the seniors in my school graduate</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C_Fremont_High_School%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C_Fremont_High_School&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Aren't you in the same area as Belmont High, the school with almost 5500 people?</p>

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Aren't you in the same area as Belmont High, the school with almost 5500 people?

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<p>It's somewhat close, yeah.</p>

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<p>Overcrowded and bloated high schools I seem to remember were a hallmark of the area, as said by NPR. It explains some of the district's problems that you mentioned at an earlier time.</p>