Montgomery County Public Libraries Recognize First Enrollees of Online High School Diploma Program

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Wednesday, September 7, 2016; 1:30 p.m.

Executive Office Building, Second Floor,

101 Monroe Street, Rockville

 

Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, joined by Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) Director Parker Hamilton and Karen Radulovich from Gale Cengage Learning will officially recognize the first enrollees in MCPL’s recently-launched Career Online High School Diploma.

MCPL is the first library system in Maryland to launch the Career Online High School which is the world’s first accredited, private online school district. This past June MCPL began accepting applications for the program, Career Online High School is specifically designed to reengage adults into the education system and prepare them for entry into post-secondary career education or the workforce. Currently, more than 60,000 adults over the age of 25 in Montgomery County lack a high school degree or equivalent. There are five candidates officially enrolled in the program. 

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