This week I have been to 2 schools. They were both continuation high schools. The one school down south in Lemoore was located next to the high school. They shared facilities and some of the students had classes in the other high school. I was impressed with the students and they were all very polite. On my way home I got a call about a change in my schedule. I was told one school was cancelled and was asked to go to another school north of my home in Lodi. In Lodi I went to a continuation that was located in a building that was a school in the 1940s. The school was nice and well maintained, but it was still OLD.
Continuation high schools are designed for kids that have a problem with traditional high schools. Most of these students can't keep up with other students and go to continuation school so they can catch up with credits for classes they failed. Some students are very very smart and get bored in their classes and need another atmosphere so they can feel like they are accomplishing something in high school. The two schools I went this week were similar, but different. The students were well behaved in both schools and I could see they had drive. They decided to go to a continuation school rather than fail at the school they were going to.
One big problem for kids that want to go to the military is if they graduate from a continuation high school they have to get a higher score on the test to get in the military. It is kind of bad since the reason most kids go to continuation high schools is they can't do as well in Math and English classes and then to join the military they have to get a higher score on a test that is primarily Math and English.
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