Valerie Benton, executive director of Janus College Preparatory & Arts Academies, will work with a small team to teach students the arts. (NNS file photo by PrincessSafiya Byers)

By PrincessSafiya Byers

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Kayla Ramos attended, taught and now does administrative work for Janus College Preparatory & Arts Academies, a fine arts studio and credit recovery program that now has a high school wing.

One of her wishes when she participated in the program as a youth was that she could go there for school.

“This was my dream since middle school,” she said. “For some kids, the arts are all they have.”

Ramos is

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