RECONNECTING MCDOWELL Unprecedented Initiative Hopes to Turn Around McDowell's Failing School System
Reported by: Deborah Linz
Videographer: Larry Clark
Web Producer: Deborah Linz
Reported: Feb. 3, 2012 10:27 AM EST
Updated: Feb. 3, 2012 1:33 PM EST
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Welch
, West Virginia
Extreme poverty, broken homes and rampant drugs. Those are some of the serious and complex problems facing people living in McDowell county and crippling it's education system. But a new, all encompassing initiative will hopefully bring new hope and a brighter future for it's children.
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