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Path to excellence. >> 13-year-old eric hall is in the seventh grade at orchard gardens, one of bostons poorest performing schools. he says hes seen a lot since he started there in kindergarten. >> ive seen different teachers, different principals. ive seen students come and go. >> reporter: but this year is different. >> now its gym, writing, reading, math, pretty much -- im pretty much enjoying all of my classes. >> reporter: thats because orchard gardens is one of 5,000 schools around the cou...

We first visited the principal last september just before the school year started. >> we need to do something bold. we need to really restart orchard guardens. he hand picked his staff to replace the 80% that he fired. the turnaround rules mandate he replace at least half. he also has $3.7 million in grants to help him over the next three years. seven months into the year with standardized test season in full swing, we check back in. >> i did not imagine we would be this far. i know that within ...

>> i have seen different princi come and go. >> now its reading, writing, math. >> thats because its one of 5,000 schools around the country getting millions of dollars from the federal government to turn around. the goal, to become a top-performing school. we visited last september just before the school year started. >> we need to do something bold. we need to really restart orchard garden. >> he hand-picked his staff to replace the 80% he fired. the turnaround rules mandate he replace half. a...

Schools around the government getting millions of dollars to turn around. we first visited the principal last september just before the school year started. >> we need to do something bold. we need to really restart orchard gardens. >> reporter: he hand-picked his staff to replace the 80% he fired. the turnaround rules mandate he replace at least half. he also has $3.7 million in grants to help him over the next three years. seven months into the year with standardized test season in full swing ...