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Other student workers aren't so responsible. "Too many times I've had kids come in to school at 10:30 a.m. saying they had to close up at work the night before," says assistant principal Clark. "Students," he says, "find it harder to say no to their boss than to the school." Take, for example, Darrin Cayton, a senior who is desperately trying to turn his life around after wasting his first three years of high school. Darrin realizes he wants to go to college, so he's working hard in his classes, hoping to do well enough...
Clark is looking for an answer. He sits on a committee of teachers, students, parents, community leaders and local employers that is developing a "School First" contract. The details are still in the works, but the hope is that businesses that sign on will employ students for no more than 20 hours a week (Clark would like the limit to be 16) and will not let students work past 11 p.m. on school nights. Clark also wants employers to assign each student a "workplace mentor"--someone at work, maybe even the boss, who looks after the student's academic life...
Cady knows he's got a lot of work to do. A goal of his class, he says, is to help students make more informed decisions as they leave high school. "We're trying to help kids get their act together," says Cady. "We want to help them prepare for the next step in their lives." This includes not just college but also "alternative enrichment" options. At last week's open house, Cady told parents he thinks too many kids go to college for no particular reason, then drop out. He wants kids to know there are alternatives, such...
...competitive lists, he writes $30,000. "And this would be just for tuition." Next to Truman State, he writes $8,000 and calls it "the best value in Missouri." At Truman, he adds, "you'll find Missouri people. If you go to a competitive college like an Ivy League school, you'll probably be with elitist people...
Most of his classmates are still asleep as 15-year-old Jonathan Robinson stands on a dark street corner on the north side of St. Louis, Mo., waiting for Miss Judy's yellow school bus. Even before the bus arrives, he sees his mother in her Ford station wagon, pulling over on her way to work. She rolls down the window and waves a $5 bill--lunch money. Jonathan leans in and kisses her goodbye. Minutes later he boards the bus for the half-hour trek to Webster Groves...