Central principal receives award for AVID program

AVID preps students for college

In just a couple years of operation, a college prep program in the La Crosse area has been able to grow quickly.

The AVID program operating at Logan and Central high schools received the Leadership Award for this year from the La Crosse Public Education Foundation.

Accepting the award at a Monday luncheon, Central principal Jeff Fleig, who said the program provides help for many students who might otherwise have trouble getting into college. 

About 300 students a year just in La Crosse will be able to enter the college readiness program when it expands to the high school grade levels next fall.