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The not-so-typical life of a Gus Mitchell School graduate

Posted Jun25, 2008 at 10:26 AM

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Graduation season has come and gone, and left Jorge Cuestas Jr. -- Lee to friends -- with a high school diploma.
An almost-diploma, really, since he has a session of summer school first. But in his 17 years, Lee has traveled farther than most seniors to put on a cap and gown and get, as he puts it, that "piece of paper."
He has bounced between coasts and lived overseas, been kicked out of school and learned self-discipline at a Baptist residential care facility on a hill in Salem.
And on June 13, Lee joined the largest graduating class in the history of the center's Gus Mitchell School: four.
We have a story and video that give a good look into the not-so-typical life of one Salem student.

Photo by Josh Meltzer

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