Village School Grads Overcome Challenges

At a sunny outdoor graduation, Village School graduate Nick Barrow took his classmates back into his own time of darkness. After failing to succeed academically in a conventional high school setting, Barrow said, he began to lose hope in his abilities as a student and recede into a depression...“ Coming to Village didn’t immediately cure all of my problems,” he said. “I still struggled, but now, I had teachers and friends there for me in ways that I had never experienced before.” Barrow will be attending SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall. He thanked his teachers, family, and friends and Superintendent of Schools Tom Dolan for supporting him and the Village School during his four years of high school. READ MORE