Rundown S.C. school gets makeover

Students who had grown resigned to old, "nasty" furnishings at their dilapidated middle school in rural South Carolina were elated Monday to find new furniture and a freshly painted cafeteria, thanks to a student's plea, a president's speech and a businessman's response.

"I was amazed. They changed the whole thing," said J.V. Martin Junior High eighth-grader Jessica Manning, 13. "It let me know somebody cares about us." Full Story »

Posted by Dwight Rousu
Tags Help
Subjects: Education
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - May 5, 2009 - 3:47 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review)
Content Type: Article
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Dwight Rousu - May 5, 2009 - 3:47 PM PDT

Reviews

Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Dwight Rousu
3.8
by Dwight Rousu - May. 5, 2009

An encouraging story of what can happen when people become aware of how neglected some of our schools have become.

If we can again treat schools as temples of knowledge and learning instead of dumps for the dirty, the obvious respect may be reflected in the students. I have taught in bamboo buildings with dirt floors, but in that case they reflected community pride and value for education.

See Full Review » (13 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.8

not enough reviews
from 1 review (10% confidence)
Quality
3.9
Facts
4.0
Fairness
4.0
Sourcing
3.0
Style
4.0
Context
4.0
Depth
3.0
Enterprise
5.0
Relevance
4.0
Popularity
3.4
Recommendation
4.0
Credibility
3.0
# Reviews
1.0
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!