Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
School District 55 is one of 12 groups of schools to be accepted as part of a new Gear-Up program, a federal grant program that encourages students from low-income families to attend college.
The program begins working with students in the seventh grade, Sweet Home High School Principal Pat Stineff said. A six-year cycle that included 16 groups of schools has just finished.
According to Oregon Gear-Up Director…