For the past several weeks, we have celebrated our successful high school graduates in Solano County. While I congratulate them, let us not forget the 16 percent of Solano County high school students – 859 students – who dropped out.
In Fairfield and Vacaville, one out of every 11 students dropped out of high school; in Vallejo, one out of every three students dropped out. Those 859 high school dropouts are eight times more likely to end up in jail or prison than the students who graduated.