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Visitacion Valley Middle School in San Francisco is located in a rough area, where gunfire is common and murders are so frequent that the school has a full-time grief counselor. This has resulted in aggressive and absentee students. However, the school adopted the TM program in 2007, and since then they have reportedly seen suspensions drop 45 percent in just the first year. Attendance rates climbed to 98 percent and 20 percent of graduates are going to an elite high school. But above all these numbers, the kids of Visitacion Valley have been recorded as some of the happiest in the city — a fact that trumps any number or grade. Learn more about TM: tm-women.org
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:45:00 +0000

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