{"id":11333,"date":"2011-12-12T10:07:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T16:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=11333"},"modified":"2018-11-06T14:22:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:22:17","slug":"npt-reports-nashville-school-helps-dropouts-get-on-graduation-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2011\/12\/12\/npt-reports-nashville-school-helps-dropouts-get-on-graduation-track\/","title":{"rendered":"(NPT Reports) Nashville School Helps Dropouts Get on Graduation Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11337 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/education_watch1-300x35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" \/>The school day has just begun at the Academy at Old Cockrill in Nashville, when a loud air horn goes off in the hallway. The noise brings students and teachers from their classrooms with smiling faces, knowing looks and a buzz of excitement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5o31RcS9_5U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at this non-traditional high school knows what it means when Principal Elaine Fahrner sounds the air horn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my pleasure to introduce to you\u2026 three graduates this morning!\u201d Fahrner shouts, with a whoop.<\/p>\n<p>The place erupts in cheers and clapping as the first student\u2019s name is called and she walks along the hallway receiving hugs and high fives\u2014a scene that is repeated for two more students. In fact, several times a month at the Academy at Old Cockrill, there is this kind of celebration\u2014every time a student achieves the required number of credits to graduate. Each student also gets to place a progress card with his or her photo among other graduates on what everyone here simply calls \u201cThe Wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, being a visual person, I need to be able to keep up with everybody,&#8221; explains Fahrner.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the photo cards list which courses or credits the student needs to complete in order to graduate&#8211; a required 22 credits in Tennessee since 2009 Tennessee Department of Education. Each time a course is completed, the student stamps it with a tiny, red graduation cap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo now I can come by and I can look and see Jasmine\u2019s just about done and I can say I wonder what Renald\u2019s doing&#8211; because he hasn\u2019t stamped anything,\u201d explains Fahrner, as she points to various photo cards on The Wall.<\/p>\n<p>Fahrner\u2019s goal is to offer a pathway to graduation for high school students who won\u2019t make it the usual way before they turn 19 (as required by school district rules), but who are under age 22 and have at least 14 high school credits. It\u2019s an alternative to graduation; but don\u2019t label Old Cockrill an \u201calternative school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome see us as an opportunity to rid their schools of troublemakers,\u201d says Fahrner. \u201cWe are not an alternative in that sense. We are alternative in the fact that we have a different way we do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The graduation rate for Nashville Public Schools is 76%, according to the 2011 Report Card released this month by the Tennessee Department of Education. That number reflects students who complete high school &#8220;on time,&#8221; defined as earning 22 credits within four years after starting 9th grade. Fewer Nashville public school students achieved that goal between the 2010 and 2011, according to the Report Card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there are two levels of drop outs,&#8221; says Fahrner. &#8220;There are ones that can\u2019t academically do it. And then there are others that life has started for them, and sometimes it\u2019s just too difficult to give up a day. And what we try to do is be flexible enough that traditional high schools can\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students at Old Cockrill are allowed flexible classroom time, options for online learning, frequent one-on-one meetings about their progress, and additional support to make the grade&#8211; things that Fahrner admits wouldn\u2019t happen in many public high schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt says that high schools are too big and counselors are overworked. We (Fahrner and her staff) are all up in everyone&#8217;s business all day making sure. Like the kids that come in (to see me) have a spreadsheet and that child&#8217;s name and every class they need to get the requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at schools that are as large as small cities in Tennessee, the very nature of how they&#8217;re built is detrimental to a lot of kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In those environments, Fahrner says, students might wind up missing graduation because they lack one or two credits. The reasons can range from skipping school to help out at home, having a baby, not understanding English\u2014or simply not paying attention to their credit count.<\/p>\n<p>Fahrner tells the story of one student who came to Old Cockrill because she failed English IV. That left the student with one too few credits to graduate, even though her other grades were A\u2019s and B\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you kidding me? How did that happen? She said that her mother was very ill and she was responsible for guiding her younger sisters on the bus to get them to school. So, she was at school everyday by second period. And I&#8217;m thinking English IV must have been first period. She said \u2018Yes ma&#8217;am. I went to my teacher\u2026She told me to try harder.\u2019 And I said \u2018I can&#8217;t think of anyone trying any harder than you are right now.\u2019 She came to us, and in nine weeks she was a graduate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other stories are similar to Jessica Farley, who flunked out of 4 high schools\u2014public and private\u2014before she came to Old Cockrill after being diagnosed with a learning disability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess it was just about me learning my way, which I feel like I\u2019m a visual learner,\u201d says Farley, who expects to graduate this month. \u201cSo now that I do know the skills I need to learn, it\u2019s easier. I\u2019m doing well. I\u2019m actually preparing for college!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Thomas also hopes to soon be able to go to college. With mentoring and online courses, Thomas has reached a milestone he didn\u2019t think possible at other schools he attended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the last test I have to take, and I graduate today if I finish it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas admits he\u2019s nervous, but confident as he completes an online test in government. Since 2009 when the Academy at Old Cockrill opened, more than 340 students have graduated; students who most likely would not have finished high school otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, Fahrner\u2019s goal was simply to help those students obtain a full high school diploma. But she now says that aim was not high enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiplomas don&#8217;t mean anything if you don&#8217;t do something with them,\u201d says Fahrner. \u201cA couple of years ago, ACT wasn&#8217;t really in our vocabulary, but now we are offering ACT prep. I think the average ACT score for kids coming in to us is like 13 or 14. But they really weren&#8217;t seeing the importance of it because they had not planned on doing anything with it. So now, the fact that they&#8217;re even talking about wanting to raise their ACT scores is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Thomas can now join that conversation. He passed his online test\u2014just in time to join the hallway celebration, bringing to four the number of graduates on this day.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Fahrner is giddy with happiness as she shouts the announcement. \u201cGive it up for the last graduate today at the academy at Old Cockrill, Mr. Chris Thomas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the celebration continues, Fahrner still isn\u2019t satisfied. Her goal is to bring in more students BEFORE they drop out or age out, when they first realize they\u2019re short on credits needed to graduate. 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