“I used to be a bad kid, I always got in trouble, and one of my teachers told me that’s not going to get you nowhere, and I’m here now.”

STUDENT ALEXIS RIVAS AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON K-8 SCHOOL AT GOV. KAY IVEY’S FINAL STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS, WHERE THE SCHOOL WAS RECOGNIZED FOR ITS ACADEMIC IMPROVEMENTS; WVTM-TV, JAN. 16.