Anyone who thinks “kids today just don’t care about anything” should come to our summer school. It’s our first time offering summer school and I met with each class as it began today. Eight classes, six different teachers, 47 students enrolled in the morning session and 66 enrolled in the PM session. 92 degrees with 2.5 hour sessions. 20 days out of their summer vacations. Not a kid there looked happy to be sitting in one of those classrooms.
But they showed up. They came when they didn’t have to come. Why? Because they want to succeed. They want to keep moving toward graduation. They want to get to the next grade level or to graduate in August. They may not have the best academic skills, or “soft skills”, or social skills but they want to succeed. I’m glad to say we’re going to help them do just that this summer.