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Submitted by parent on May 22, 2012
We were new to the city and originally enrolled my son into a traditional high school, but, they wanted to give my son a lot of classes he didn't need. He only needed 20 credits to graduate. It didn't make sense to take any courses he didn't need, so after several meetings with his counselor, his counselor referred us to Independence School, where he could take only the classes he needed in order to graduate. He had an early graduation in December of 2011. The instructors at Independence School were very nice and my son had nothing but good things to say about them. They had all encouraged him and were happy for him when he got accepted into a California State University.