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Sandy Smith Discusses Educational Efforts to Help Atlanta Students Achieve
June 17, 2010
ATLANTA—School districts all across the country pour resources into helping low-performing students. And many schools also offer programs for high achievers.
But the students in between, the group educators call the “middle third,” often fall through the cracks. So sixteen years ago, Womble Carlyle attorney John F. “Sandy” Smith helped form Odyssey, a non-profit partnership designed to put Atlanta students on “a quest for knowledge and a path to college.’’
To date, Odyssey has helped more than 3,000 students, who pay no tuition to attend Odyssey’s summer sessions. A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution article profiles the program and includes comments from Smith, who continues to serve as a Board of Directors member with Odyssey.
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