Graduation Matters Missoula – Superintendent Apostle’s audacious plan aims to curb dropouts

Superintendent Alex Apostle sounds something like a coach giving a locker-room pep talk when outlining his long-term plans for the Missoula County Public School District (MCPS).

Days before launching his latest audacious initiative—a 100-percent graduation rate among the district’s 8,500 students—Apostle pounds the table, passionately raises his voice and shows no patience for even the slightest bit of skepticism. He’s an unapologetic idealist dead-set on shaking up the county’s struggling school system.

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by Alex Sakariassen

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