There are dedicated teachers and administrators working with heart and soul to save kids, but the yardstick of achievement can't even measure their progress. The only thing that matters is how many do we graduate. And 100 percent stressed out. She's working at Aiken as part of an experiment to deliver social services to schools. For someone with less hope, it would be an experiment in despair.
Students have no guardians and bounce around.
Or criminal records. School officials often are not told about the charges. I try to have a resemblance of a real high school. At Aiken, dedicated people fight for the future one child, one day at a time. How they stay on and keep on, without broken hearts, is beyond me.