Second, in response to what it has learned, Fort Worth Independent School District has begun putting together more separate pieces of a thoroughly restructured school system than has perhaps any other system in the country. Several components of restructuring have been developed and are being implemented. This is called the Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center. A graduate Placement Center assists students in self directed job search techniques, resume writing, interviewing skills, networking and other aspects of successful job acquisition. High school students have access to a job data base and other job postings.
Contact is maintained until a job search is successful or alternative placements is completed.
The genius of Project C3 s implementation thus far is that it has not been a top down program. In the words of many Fort Worth administrators and teachers, Project C3 is not a program but a vision and process. The challenge of Fort Worth is to realize the potential inherent in that vision.