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The innovative nonprofit Cristo Rey San Diego High School recently completed its first year supporting low-income students. The high school welcomed its inaugural class of 125 freshmen students in August 2020 with virtual classes then opened in person in September.
The school uses a unique corporate work study program as a model of education that gives students not only a college-preparatory education, but at the same time they earn work experience in a corporate setting. Through the work-study program students spend five...