His counselor suggested he contact Daley College and Latino Youth. Ramos tried Daley first, but found he needed more support than he got. The personal interaction students receive from teachers, for instance, is a big change from Ramos's experience at Farragut. You really learn better here than in regular high school. Fellow Latino Youth students agree.
Students can call and talk to teachers on weekends and holidays.
Ramos asks accusingly. Juan Pablo Flores and Eva Solis share a laugh after classes at Latino Youth Alternative High School. But his story suggests he skipped classes at Farragut on a regular basis. Flores was required to get signatures from teachers in each of his classes and then deliver the list of signatures to the attendance office at the end of each day. However, school officials presented Flores with a different story.