The benefits of having a high school diploma are a matter of common sense but a high school diploma is especially important today as our work force gets more sophisticated and the need for specialized skills become more important. A high school diploma is merely a first step but a necessary step. There are numerous studies that show the  many benefits of having a high school diploma regardless of where you live.  Here are just a few:

1. Become the first county to have a 100% graduation rate for all students  for all ethnicities, which would serve as a model for other communities and counties.
2. Fewer young people would be on drugs. 
3. More people would enter college or some form of higher learning.
4. More people would earn more money thereby increasing tax revenues.
5. More people would have better health.
6. More people would have better mental health.
7. More people would be available to solve our local and global issues. 
8. More revenue for schools and colleges.
9. More people would have children who would graduate from hs.
10. Fewer people would live in poverty. 
11. Fewer jails would be needed.
12. Fewer educational and economic disparities would exist between whites and other ethnic groups.
13. More people would vote. 
14. More people would be available to solve our world’s complex issues. 
15. We would be closer to world peace.