The Learning Report – July 2021
Her Life Was Like a Jigsaw Puzzle – FLEX Helped Her Put the Pieces Together
Her Life Was Like a Jigsaw Puzzle – FLEX Helped Her Put the Pieces Together
We had three FLEX High graduations last month – all in-person and full of the fun and emotion those 73 students deserved. Our schools in Flint, Michigan and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio are just 2-3 years old, and growing every day under the direction of principals Alisha Henry, Jason Kustron and Michael Springs. We’re reaching […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that we need to change how we deliver education to keep students learning. We quickly learned that the traditional factory style education that has been the status quo for decades doesn’t work for every student. Preventing and recovering dropouts, then helping them graduate with life skills and […]
It’s an all too familiar story. Happy teen, honor student and liked school. But in her senior year, she got pregnant and was forced to drop out of high school. The stories vary – but for Shalois C. (“Shay”), her life began to spiral downward. She had family issues, lost her job, was living out […]
Principal Jason Kuston of FLEX High Cleveland meets with Kenny Crumpton of Fox8 to spread the joy of new school supplies for our community during the “Stuff The Bus” event!