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John Vargas is an Arlington native who went to Wakefield High School before coming to the ACC. From the time he entered middle school, the larger classes made it difficult for him to get the individual attention he needed. He was about to drop out and become a statistic. “I was timid in high school; now I can talk. People in my family are amazed: they say, with pride, ‘What happened to our son?’”

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