"City Year" seeks to change Milwaukee's graduation rate

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City Year works to effect positive change

City Year works to effect positive change



MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- 62 percent -- that's the graduation rate in the City of Milwaukee. That means four out of every ten students becomes an adult without a high school diploma.

These startling statistics are reported by "City Year," a program trying to change these numbers for the better.

Real Milwaukee's Chip Brewster caught up with their corps of volunteers to see how they're doing it.