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Nearly all Phoenix’s Central High seniors apply to college, bucking state trend

Mitch Quesada, Cronkite News//November 11, 2015//

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Nearly all Phoenix’s Central High seniors apply to college, bucking state trend

Nearly all Phoenix’s Central High seniors apply to college, bucking state trend

Mitch Quesada, Cronkite News//November 11, 2015//

Three years ago, only 20 percent of the high school seniors at Central High School applied for college, officials said. (Photo by Mitch Quesada, Cronkite News)...

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