Renée Gilmore of ABC News featured Sarasota Acceleration Academy grads Bill Lewis and Chris Tillman on her Empowering Voices program. Bill and Chris talked about how SAA staff members helped them re-engage in their high school studies, and how they supported each other on the road to graduation....

By Jennifer Hyppolite

The young learners were adamant — they’d worked so hard for so long to reach this milestone that a virtual graduation simply wouldn’t cut it.