O le Foundation for Tacoma Students na tatalaina ona faitotoa i le silia ma le 120 tamaiti aʻoga ma o latou aiga o se vaega o se po faʻamaeʻaina fesoasoani tau tupe talu ai nei. Sa galulue faatasi le Faatonu Sili o le SAMi Liz Minks ma le aufaigaluega a le FFTS e faamaopoopo le faamoemoe e taulai i le tuuina atu o le lagolago a le tagata lava ia i tamaiti aoga o loo aooga i aoga maualuga e fa Tacoma: SAMi, SOTA, IDEA, ma Willie Stewart.
E sefuluono tagata volenitia a le nuu na fai ma sui o Tacoma Public Schools, Bates Technical College, College Success Foundation, Metropolitan Development Council, Pacific Lutheran University, ma Tacoma Community College na fesoasoani i aiga e faatumu pepa fesoasoani tau tupe, kolisi ma talosaga sikolasipi, ma le What's Next Senior Survey—o se meafaigaluega e fesoasoani e fa'afetaui tamaiti a'oga fa'atasi ma faufautua fa'aalalafaga o lo'o tu'uina atu 1:1 fuafuaga fa'ai'u a'oga ma lagolago suiga.
"Matou te iloa e le faigofie le faʻatautaia o nei faiga ma faiga," o le tala lea a Wendy Holcomb, Strategy Manager for Campaign Free Aid, o se faʻataʻitaʻiga postsecondary a le FFTS e taulaʻi i le faʻateleina o le faʻamaeʻaina o fesoasoani tau tupe i le isi itu o Pierce County. "O le lagolago a le nuu na ofoina atu na fesoasoani e faʻaitiitia ai lena faʻalavelave ma faʻamautinoa e leai se tamaititi aoga poʻo se aiga na auai e faʻatautaia naʻo ia faiga."
O fa'amaumauga na aoina i le fa'amoemoe na fa'alolotoina ai fo'i le malamalama i le mea e sili ona mana'omia e tamaiti a'oga le fesoasoani ma po'o fea ma pe fa'afefea ona fa'asoa lelei atu alagaoa e lagolago ai tamaiti a'oga i fuafuaga fa'auluuluga ma galuega fa'auluuluga.
Matou te fa'afetai i paaga uma ma aiga na fa'aalia le lagolago i tupulaga talavou. Matou te fa'amanatuina fo'i le aga'i i luma o tamaiti a'oga i le faia o la'asaga fa'amoemoe i le tulituliloaina o a latou fuafuaga fa'au'u a'oga.
"O le uiga lea o la matou tala pe a matou talanoa e uiga i se faiga faʻamaopoopo o lagolago," o le tala lea a Rodney Wolfenbarger, Faʻatonu Lagolago o Pierce County Pathways, o le tele o fuafuaga a le FFTS e mafai ai ona manuia postsecondary ma le tamaoaiga mo tamaiti aoga uma.
“O le nuu lea e omai faatasi e faamautu tamaiti aoga ma fesoasoani ia i latou e folau mai le mea o i ai i le mea o loo latou taumafai e agai i ai. E fa'atatau i le fa'amautinoaina o lo'o maua e tamaiti a'oga uma fa'amatalaga, meafaigaluega, avanoa, ma le lagolago e mana'omia mo le manuia."
asi www.graduretacoma.org/data e a'oa'o atili pe fa'apefea ona fa'aogaina e le Foundation fa'amatalaga e fa'atatau i fa'amaumauga e fesoasoani ai i tamaiti uma e ausia le manuia mai le pepe i le galuega.
