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Alicia Banks

Digital Content and Social Media Specialist, Fayetteville Technical Community College
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Aug 17, 2021

FTCC’s High School Connections program expands offerings to younger students

Davin Gardner, a 16-year-old student at Village Christian Academy, earned college credit before his junior year. He took two courses offered at Fayetteville Technical Community College last school year at the private school. He passed both. “I’v

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