| Show - Vf - A k‘' (t k --- :'- 1cl ''' ') 4 ':::-- ' 'r ''' - ' ee ' s 'tf " ce4-- ' -- Adt 7 1'N'- I 111! q 01 Z$S'': -- :rwL 0 ('44N't- can't ' I L'A 111-1- - ON " til ::-111( ''(41-- 'k - 1 4ei t 1"1-7'- 111 51 el "' 1 V - 74-1-" e7: ''':1 s b There are few better role models than Jimmie Warren who lives north of the Bronx with his wife Freda and Hartheir two sons He lem He worked hiswathrough college—acquiring a bachelor's degree from Long Island University and a master's from City College of New York (He is now earning a doctorate at Columbia) By his own account he was the only kid in his neighborhood to it to college—and many hi il fmr iaekneda ended up dead or in jail1hoasfnt hl es Taft had life rougher : -- ' ' ' ''- : model" - 00 sti ever knew "I was shocked" he said "I had a teacher complain to me about one student who was not doing his homework I said 'Bring him in I'll read him the riot act' They brought him in and I said 'James I want you to bring your mother in' He said 'I can't She's a drug addict The courts took me away from her' I said 'Okay bring your father' He said 'My father's a fugitive I haven't seen him in four years' I said 'Who are you living with?' He said 'I was living with my aunt She threw me out' " Warren worked with a social worker to find the boy a foster home 444c' : - -' " ' !:''-J! 4' ' c::0077'77: 000' e ''f: t-- - t' 7'' ' ''' il' ) Viceroy tastes even better el our new low price and the new principal realized the kind of challenge he was facing Instead of a quick glitzy solution Warren developed a series of answers to Taft's many problems A child in danger of dropping out would be enrolled in the program in which faculty members— 30 1- f t -1 think we're that bad' I said 'Let's prove it'" They did—and Warren is proud of the fact that he never used bullhorns or baseball bats or any of the other ball bat'and say 'Hey you: Learn' You have to serve as a positive role e'"'"— - TROUBLED SCHOOLScontinued flamboyant devices that have been glorified in the media in recent years peopleea sinetoa lbeaams : i"nYgoy ebane 'staiiadti Tiydoatue ' rF' A!1 e '‘ 7- ' :1-i--- 44 : ek de i I k lc'' 1r- —I va s"- s- c7 011' Adopt-a-Stude- nt Warren included—invited kids to their homes called them on weekends and during vacation and constantly encouraged them to keep trying There was a program for pregnant girls another v--4 for kids with low reading scores Older students who had amassed a few GED dicredits entered an ploma program Kids with high absenteeism rates were enrolled in special makeup classes that enabled them to get back in step with their classmates Warren added extra periods of biology math and chemistry to help his students do better on SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING Quitting Smoking after-scho- Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health ol 4 0 PAGE 16 ‘ SEPTEMBER 3 1989 PARADE MAGAZINE |
