Saturday, December 12, 2009

Camden alternative school seeks financial help | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/11/2009


Camden alternative school seeks financial help | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/11/2009:

"It was born of necessity at a beauty salon after high school students complained of a particularly bloody week in Camden's schools, some of New Jersey's most dangerous.

With little educational experience and few resources, an African American preacher and a Latino activist created an alternative high school that attracted students by the dozens: Bloods and Crips, middle school dropouts and barely literate adults, African Americans and Latinos."