TALLAHASSEE, FLA — As high school graduation rates are projected to decline, Florida’s capital has found a unique way to give former students a path to higher education.
The Tallahassee Engaged in Meaningful Productivity for Opportunities (TEMPO) program, founded in 2017, is aimed at providing individuals aged 16-24 who may not have graduated from high school with the means to earn a GED and a connection to work opportunities around the Tallahassee area with the aid of partnered organizations and agencies.
Kimball Thomas, former principal of Rickards High School, realized that instead of pushing these students towards traditional educational pathways, there needed to be a way to re-engage them within their community…