Nearly all the building materials were free, including insulation and ceramic tiles. When the new school year begins, enrollment will climb to 100. The building will be different, but the mission will remain the same. The David school was founded in 1973 by Danny Greene and is housed in an abandoned building that originally served as a commissary and as a movie house. Moms, dads, and siblings wearing ties and dresses drift into the commissary's stuffy gymnasium.
Tonight is graduation, the last in the old building.
There will be songs, invocations, and a speech. Awards will be distributed, and of course, diplomas awarded. We know these three inside out. Together we made a commitment, and they changed their lives. If we had 100 or just one we'd still put on the same extravagant ceremony.