In Education , have established a beneficial and sometimes lucrative line between Douglass students and the community. Douglass has eight Partners In Education . The satellite program at MBS has students running a deli, earning money and learning valuable business lessons. Columbia Public gave us the seed money because they believed in us enough to get this off the ground and running. The kids got to see what steps it took to get a business running, and now the students have made such profit that they re getting paid.
Students get paychecks based on their behavior, effort and attendance.
For those students not involved in the satellite programs, the typical school day is similar to the regular model, with students taking courses, in a more personalized setting, with a traditional curriculum. Those who remain at the building have an individualized school day with a flexible dismissal time to accommodate varying work schedules and other commitments.