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Freshmen get their own space at Gainesville High
Ninth Grade Academy designed to help get students start high school right
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Jason Chester, left, of Carroll Daniel Construction, helps Rogelio Chavez take a measurement while constructing a new building front at the new Ninth Grade Center at Gainesville High School. The center will be housed in the old Wood’s Mill Academy building.
Freshmen often feel lost or overwhelmed in high school, but Gainesville High School wants to make the first year a little easier. This August, the school will open a Ninth Grade Center for the first time, and Superintendent Wanda Creel said it will give ninth-graders more support. "The purpose is to help us have a very focused approach to providing support to our ninth-grade student," Creel said.