The Detroit News Denessa Smith sits alone in her dead daughter's room. Shortly before her classes were to start at Lincoln Park Middle School, she kissed her reflection goodbye. The state is trying to give away computers, but so far fewer than one-third of Michigan school districts have signed up for free laptops. The Detroit News Building Engineer James Lingenfelter plays the game Trouble with Roger Wakefield, his little buddy at Henry Ford Elementary. Kids who need an adult friend to talk to at Henry Ford Elementary School need to look no further than Jim Lingenfelter.
Teachers usually ask students what they did on their vacations.
But at Schroeder Elementary School, it's the teachers telling the students what they did on theirs.