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Oswego School Dist. 308 eyeing partnership with Aurora University · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego School disc three hundred and eight eyeing partnership with
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  Speaker 1: Aurora University. Written by Eric Shelkopp. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: Oswego School District three hundred and eight is considering offering
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  Speaker 1: a program that would allow eligible graduating seniors automatic admission
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  Speaker 1: to Aurora University. Aurora University approached dist three hundred and
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  Speaker 1: eight officials last fall with a proposal for a direct
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  Speaker 1: admit program. The premise behind it is they wanted to
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  Speaker 1: remove barriers so that students would be able to start
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  Speaker 1: getting access to four year universities. Dist three hundred and
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  Speaker 1: eight Executive director of High School's Jennifer Cooper Wells said
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  Speaker 1: during the June eighth Oswego School Board meeting they have
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  Speaker 1: a similar agreement with other school districts, and so they
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  Speaker 1: wanted to reach out to us to see if we
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  Speaker 1: would be willing to do that. As part of the proposal,
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  Speaker 1: students with a minimum three point zero grade point average
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  Speaker 1: would automatically be admitted to Aurora University. It would continue
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  Speaker 1: to allow students to remain eligible for a full range
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  Speaker 1: of scholarships and financial aid Cooper Well said it literally
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  Speaker 1: is just removing the application process for them. As week ago.
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  Speaker 1: School Board President Dominic Serone liked the idea. It's a
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  Speaker 1: great opportunity, he said. School Board members are set to
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  Speaker 1: vote on the proposal at their July thirteenth board meeting.
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  Speaker 1: If approved, it would go into effect on August first,