By Lanz Christian Bañes/Times-Herald staff writer

It’s like a family.

Or at least, that’s how Vallejo students often describe their experiences in the Vallejo City Unified School District’s five academies.

“If I was by myself, I wouldn’t have made it,” said 18-year-old senior Dashona Longmire, part of Jesse Bethel High School’s first senior Multimedia Academy class.

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