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Tuesday, April 9, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz
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Kelsey Carroll in the hallway at Somersworth, NH, High School. Kelsey is featured in the film Who Cares About Kelsey? by Producer/Director Dan Habib. Film synopsis: Kelsey Carroll has one goal — to graduate from high school — and plenty of reasons why she shouldn’t. She attends a school with one of the highest dropout rates in New Hampshire and has dealt with homelessness, self-mutilation, and ADHD. As a freshman, she didn’t earn a single academic credit, but she did get suspended for dealing drugs. During Kelsey’s sophomore year, a new school principal implemented PBIS and a youth-directed planning process called RENEW to improve the school’s culture and reduce the dropout rate.  This school-wide overhaul gave Kelsey a chance at a different outcome.  Who Cares About Kelsey? is the story of Kelsey’s transformation from a defiant ‘problem student’ to a motivated, self-confident young woman. Critical figures in her life shape her coming of age and play important roles in an education revolution that’s about empowering — not overpowering  — our most emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth.

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