Interviews with teachers and community members
Who are the students at Stanton and what are their personal goals?
"Students have a variety of personal goals for their future including owning and operating their own hair salon, owning a day care, becoming an athlete...they have developed the expectation that they will go to college. They speak about 'When I go to college' rather than 'If I go to college.'" - Stanton Teacher
Saving Stanton
"We wanted to save the school, because the school had really risen up, and we had such a great core, and so Bainbridge House supported the arts program for 20-something years, they got it too." - Community Member
"Someone asked 'What's Plan B?' and she said 'There is no Plan B. We're going to keep the school open.'" - Community Member
"The community supported and advocated for our school and they are largely responsible for keeping it open." - Stanton Teacher
"What do you want for your children? The children in that building deserved the same." - Community Member
"The little school that could." - Community Member
“The last time we were given to talk, because they were going be voting [to close the school or not] soon, we brought our violins, and they played “We shall overcome,” everyone was crying in the whole place. There were so many people there they had to close the doors to the meeting.” - Community Member
Arts Education at Stanton
"Everyone's an artist, art tells a story, and everything is art." - Community Member
"There is a clear stated focus on the arts." - Stanton Teacher
The teacher described the role of the arts in the school. She said that the ability to participate in music often motivates students to be successful in their academic work.
"Students have a variety of personal goals for their future including owning and operating their own hair salon, owning a day care, becoming an athlete...they have developed the expectation that they will go to college. They speak about 'When I go to college' rather than 'If I go to college.'" - Stanton Teacher
Saving Stanton
"We wanted to save the school, because the school had really risen up, and we had such a great core, and so Bainbridge House supported the arts program for 20-something years, they got it too." - Community Member
"Someone asked 'What's Plan B?' and she said 'There is no Plan B. We're going to keep the school open.'" - Community Member
"The community supported and advocated for our school and they are largely responsible for keeping it open." - Stanton Teacher
"What do you want for your children? The children in that building deserved the same." - Community Member
"The little school that could." - Community Member
“The last time we were given to talk, because they were going be voting [to close the school or not] soon, we brought our violins, and they played “We shall overcome,” everyone was crying in the whole place. There were so many people there they had to close the doors to the meeting.” - Community Member
Arts Education at Stanton
"Everyone's an artist, art tells a story, and everything is art." - Community Member
"There is a clear stated focus on the arts." - Stanton Teacher
The teacher described the role of the arts in the school. She said that the ability to participate in music often motivates students to be successful in their academic work.