Word: williamsons
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...subject to the whim of the corn crop, which has been decimated by high wind and hail in the last two years. "There's many a farmer that has to stand out there every night and literally guard their field--pary for the hail not to come," says Brent Williamson, principal for the 4th through 12th grades at the Harvard Public Schools...
...Williamson say two-thirds of each class matriculates at a two- or four-year college. None has ever considered applying to Harvard University...
...Kids in the Midwest, they're still pretty much respectful of you, unlike other places," Williamson says. The teenagers's favorite hangout is the parking lot outside the town's grocery store...
...school is tryin to creat a better life for the students, buying 14 new computers recently and opening an Internet connection. But with a stagnant population, Harvard has gradually been losing state education aid money. Williamson predicts the school will eventually close and be consolidated with districts in the surrounding towns. "Once they lose the school, it's going to be difficult for the community to hang on," he says...
Young people aren't staying the way they used to. "They're going to the Lincolns and the Omahas and the bigger areas," Williamson says. "These houses you're going to see them go up for sale, and there isn't going to be a market to buy them...