Communities in Schools Georgia

www.cisga.org

Communities In Schools (CIS) helps young people succeed in school and prepare for life. CIS’s collaborative partnerships involve school districts, local businesses and community leaders. CIS identifies preexisting community resources and links them to students. The organization is the country’s largest stay-in-school network, serving nearly two million students in 28 states and 2,000 school systems. In Georgia, CIS operates Performance Learning Centers (PLC) in partnership with 23 school systems. PLCs are small high schools serving students whose successes in school are threatened by various life circumstances. PLCs offer self-paced, student driven courses that encourage project and community based learning with practical applications through workplace experiences.