Curbing the dropout rates

[Raymer47]

The ‘I have a Dream’ foundation was formed in Dallas in September 1986 by Bill and Late Elaine Farrell after watching a segment on the program on Sixty Minutes. The city has been in need of a similar program to curb the high rates of drop out among the children coming from low income and high violence regions. The city became the first after New York to adopt a ‘I have a Dream’ program, which became quiet a success here. The first class was adopted in May 1987and the adoption of a second class of 1,000 ‘Dreamers’ was in 1988.

Most of the students from the first two adopted classes have graduated from college and are employed in the professional world or attending graduate school, law school, or medical school. The foundation has seen more than 750 students getting en
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ed in institutions of higher learning throughout Texas and the nation. The foundation in Dallas has experienced immense success with the support of individuals, corporations and organizations which commit time, energy and resources toward the mission of the I Have a Dream Foundation.

The board members of the foundation in Dallas has known personalities like
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of the Deep South Surplus of Texas, Helen M. Dorsey, Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc. James W. Loose Galloway-James Inc. and others. Under the direction of its board members, the Foundation has experienced enormous success which is evident in the increasing graduation rates of the students involved in the program.