From his front porch, the elderly man watched. We give them good credit. Some of kids on the program work on school credit, too. The corps stresses education the program's founding principles stipulate that 75 percent of the kids must be high school dropouts. Others study for the SATs.
Some kids stray from the program.
If they skip work too many times or break the rules, they're out. But Jones said many of them eventually come back, make peace and ask for another chance. He wishes he had more spots. But that would requires more supervisors, too. Work crews must be small enough so that kids get individual attention.