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Project PROVE Students Recognized for Work on Town Census
Braintree High School's Project PROVE Program for students with special needs turned 40 years old last year.
More than 14,000 Town Census forms went out from the Braintree Town Clerk's Office in January.
When some 12,000 were sent back, students from Project PROVE poured through the data, helping arrange it by precinct, address and other cross references.
"The work they did was absolutely amazing," Town Clerk Joe Powers said.
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Powers and members of the Town Council honored the Project PROVE students Tuesday with a pizza party and citations at Town Hall.
"We couldn't do it without you," Council President Charles Kokoros said.
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Added Paul "Dan" Clifford, "Thank you for uplifting us."
The PROVE Program began in 1972 as a high school program for individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Over the years it has evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of its students from “Pre-Occupational Vocational Education” to “Providing Respect Opportunity Vision and Excellence."
Along with the clerk's staff and town councilors, Project PROVE volunteers Nancy Bucknam, Pat Kenneally and Jeanne Flaherty were also in attendance Tuesday.
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