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High schoolers get boost with college work

Students applaud during an introduction to Farmingdale State

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Students applaud during an introduction to Farmingdale State College's Spring 2013 Early Smart Scholar College Program at Farmingdale State College. (Feb. 2, 2013)

A stigma is attached to attending Wyandanch Memorial High School, says its principal, Paul Sibblies.

"People think students at Wyandanch perform at a very low level -- that all they know about is gangs and things of that nature."

He hopes that is changing. Thirty of his students are enrolled in the Smart Scholars Early College High School program, a partnership with Farmingdale State...

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