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...high expectations. Its teachers and staff are realistic about the lives students live during the 16-plus hours a day they are not under the school's protection and are aware of the lessons that must be unlearned. "They're not kids, they're really not," says Chester Earl Jordan, father of a five-year-old Malcolm X student. Jordan, along with others, patrols the neighborhood at night, a flashlight in one hand, and -- until recently -- a gun in the other. "If you sat down a third-grader and asked him how to weigh crack...
...understands the stakes at Malcolm X better than Earl C. At night he works as a federal undercover narcotics agent. By day he volunteers his time providing security and a reassuring presence at the school. Earl, a former Golden Gloves boxing champion, is rough-edged and straight talking. A father of six, he can also be a gentle man, and is often seen crossing the playground or walking the halls, a knot of adoring children at his side...
...years ago, in another quarter of town, he cornered a drug dealer, only to discover it was a baby-face 11-year-old boy. The child had a gun. Earl slid his own service revolver back into the holster, hoping to defuse the tension and thinking of his own son that age. After a few words, the child pulled the trigger, and a .32-caliber slug ripped through Earl's groin, coming to rest between the muscle and spine. Earl returned a single shot. The boy fell dead. "After I shot the kid, I rocked him in my arms," says...
...Earl's message to the children is direct. "I tell the kids here, 'I'll be your best friend or your worst nightmare.' " Despite his supervisor's warnings, he often gets personally involved in his cases. Last year he arrested a woman for selling crack, then agreed to take the woman's three children into his own home for six months while she underwent a treatment program. He knows there are risks, both physical and emotional, that go with extending a hand to children. "I love all kids," says Earl, "but I trust them as far as I can throw...
...Colgate--Craig deBlois, Alan Brown, Clayton Fahey, Brent Wilde; Harvard--Chris Baird, Matt Malgrave, Ted Drury, Sean McCann, Ben Coughlin. A: Colgate--Dan Gardner (2), Andrew Dickson, Wilde, Bob Haddock, Earl Cronan, Bruce Gardiner; Harvard--Lou Body, Brian Farrell (2), Steve Flomenhoft (2), Tom Holmes, Baird, Perry Cohagen (2). S: Colgate--Shawn Murray 16; Harvard--Tripp Tracy...