At Waco’s only alternative school, absolute obedience and compliance with the rules is mandatory. School uniforms are a must and students can’t speak in the hallways. Seventy students are referred to this school every day, and they’re all expected to change for the better.
But the more these kids open up, the more it becomes apparent that their behavior has a lot to do with the turmoil in their young lives.
Karen McPhetridge, 14, says she’s been in foster care since she was 3.
“I got back with my mom like three years ago and then my dad abandoned me,” McPhetridge says, “I’ve been angry with him, and I’ve been angry with my sister, because as soon as she graduated she became a stripper and now she’s like all strung out on drugs.”
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