The shrill piercing of a brand new bell bounces off the walls of Skyline High School. Then-freshman Natalie Schultz hurries from class and joins a flood of her peers. Exasperated, Schultz scuttles off. She manages to slip into her next class with the final seconds of her five-minute passing time ticking away. Her methodical days at Skyline High School are numbered. With this thought in mind, Schultz settles in.
For the first two trimesters, life at Skyline was agreeable. The brand new apple laptops, Olympic-sized pool and other luxuries of the beautiful building were nothing to complain about. Nor were the academics. In fact, self-motivated Schultz preferred Skyline’s way of doing things. “I really liked the trimesters actually…. I felt like I was doing more,” says Schultz. Skyline’s schedule allowed Schultz to pack more classes into one day. More…
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