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North High School in Minneapolis is celebrating a rise in graduation rates.
MINNEAPOLIS — For Keith Blasingame, the moment his stepdaughter Terriana Carter-Ricks crossed the graduation stage made the long wait worthwhile.
Carter-Ricks is one of 128 North High School seniors in this year's graduating class and part of a turnaround in the school's graduation numbers.
In 2023, North's four-year graduation rate stood at 68%, roughly 20 percentage points behind the state average. By last year, that figure had climbed to 81%.
"Just so much going on, violence and stuff of that nature, that they had to overcome that," Blasingame said.
Principal Mauri Friestleben and Assistant Principal Steve White say the improvement didn't happen by accident.
"It comes with hard work, and that hard ...
