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EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE


                                                                               Blazes Path to Community Success


                                                                                The Carrollton-Carroll County Education   that believe we are a stronger community
                                                                                Collaborative (CCEC) has become a model for   when we work together. The support for the
                                                                                community engagement and success. Launched   Collaborative has been extraordinary, and it has
                                                                                in 2015, the collaborative brings together   resulted in the discovery of great opportunities
                                                                                education institutions, municipalities, community  for students within our community."
                                                                                agencies and business leaders to find solutions
                                                                                to community issues, with the goal of Carroll   Representatives of CCEC have presented the
                                                                                County’s students being enrolled, enlisted, or   collaborative’s findings and successful outcomes
                                                                                employed upon graduating high school.   at prestigious conferences at Harvard University
                                                                                                                   and Johns Hopkins University and to public
                                                                                Carroll County and its seven municipalities have a  officials at the local, state and national levels.
                                                                                long history of working cohesively together.  The Collaborative’s model has been utilized by
                                                                                                                   the nearby communities of Coweta, Douglas,
                                                                                “The education collaborative is an exemplar   Haralson, and Heard counties.
                                                                                for community action that exists to enhance
                                                                                opportunities for students,” said Dr. Russell   “We know the education collaborative model we
                                                                                Crutchfield of the University of West Georgia.   have developed together is a successful one, as
                                                                                “The Collaborative is reinforced by a plethora   evidenced by the additional regional models that
                                                                                of engaged community partners, including the   have been effective in Coweta, Douglas, Haralson,
                                                                                leadership of the many involved organizations   and Heard counties,” said Amanda Wright,


      46           www.carroll-ga.org | 770-832-2446                                                                           Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
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