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About AVID ( http://www.avidonline.org/ ) Avid was founded in 1980 by Mary Catherine Swanson, then head of the English department at San Diego's Clairemont High School. Beginning with one high school and 32 students, the program now serves over 92,000 students in more than 1,650 middle and high schools in 24 states and 16 countries. More than 30,000 students have graduated from AVID programs and matriculated to college at a rate of 95 percent.