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Tag: Panther Learning Center

Charli Campbell, a senior at the Derby USD 260 Panther Learning Center, said the program changed his life and renewed his hope for the future. (Alex Unruh/The Beacon)
Posted inEducation

This nontraditional center is breaking school norms, and Derby students are thriving

Avatar photo by Rafael Garcia November 8, 2021August 7, 2022

Charli Campbell had two life goals when he was 5 years old. The first was to be a princess, but given the logistics of that, the second seemed more feasible: to be a musician, a writer, an actor — really, anything in which he could be a creator. Somewhere along his time in school, though, […]

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