Omega School of Excellence Tries New Approach ; the Dayton Program Didn't Reach Its Academic Goals, so a New Staff has Been Brought in by a Local Group Called Kids.

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DAYTON -- In 2000, the Rev. Vanessa Oliver Ward led a group that had a great idea to save young teens from academic disaster as they headed for high school.

With the help of a new local group -- started by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and funded by computer billionaire Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda -- Ward is now part of an experiment aimed at saving her troubled school with a new kind of overhaul.

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Omega School of Excellence Tries New Approach ; the Dayton Program Didn't Reach Its Academic Goals, so a New Staff has Been Brought in by a Local Group Called Kids.

When about 100 students start school Aug. 7, they'll be greeted by an entirely new staff -- the principal, all six teachers and everyone invol...

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