The High school i attended was called Urban Pioneers. It was a wilderness/continuation school located in the heart of the peresido the school itself used to be an old navel barracks so it was a house which gave it an extra homely vibe. We were so far out out in the wilderness we were secluded away from everything so it made our since of community even stronger. We really lacked parent support though a lot of the students were coming from low income families,were homeless, or stayed with grandparents. So the strongest form of support we had was ourselves and teachers.
The facilities weren’t up to par we didn’t have text books because the school couldn’t afford them. We lacked basic resources that a school would need to run efficiently. There was no paper or pencils in the class, there idea of a tech lab was eight outdated computers that were slow and needless to say didn’t have updated software we were still using windows 95. We did have some of the best teachers though for the school being so underfunded and staff being under paid.
They were still so very passionate about about making sure we succeeded and got our education almost as if we were there own children. The students in the school came from all walks of life and different backgrounds. We had kids who were coming from different countries first year in America to some people it was there last chance to be able to finish high school. The last senior class before they closed down the school everybody graduated.
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