Miracle at Centennial

So, a history teacher was gonna be moved to another school, due to low enrollment. Not only does this affect him (of course), but all the other history teachers. They were going to have to get rid of a psychology course (which had been promised for 2 years), and anthropology, combine multiple classes to make some over 45, reduce the # of honors classes, etc. It was not pretty. An amazing teacher, named Ms. Chiang, talked to her psychology class. All of those students loved the class and were devastated it was disappearing. So, they all brainstormed and consulted the one student who is on the school board. That night 17 of them showed up at the school board meeting, waiting hours to talk (Chiang had made multiple trips to get many of them there). The school board promised to follow up. Guess what? They actually did! THE NEXT DAY they showed up at Centennial. The seniors had staged a walk-out, culminating in the main quad. The Board brought everyone into the gym and talked out their concerns. Students even came to other classes to find out what other issues students were having. The final result - the history teacher got to stay! No major, crazy changes were to be made. It's a miracle! Nice to know good things can happen when people care, and adults and students work together.
- Erin