{"id":1220,"date":"2022-02-10T02:33:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T02:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinellasmycroschool.org\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2022-02-10T03:34:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T03:34:08","slug":"mycroschool-offers-a-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinellasmycroschool.org\/?p=1220","title":{"rendered":"MYcroSchool offers a fresh start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>August 16, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"by-cindy-swisher-neighborhood-news-bureau\">BY CINDY SWISHER,&nbsp;Neighborhood&nbsp;News Bureau<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One out of seven 16-24-year olds in the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area are not working or in school.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MYcroSchool is a tuition-free, public charter high school that exists to change those numbers by re-engaging recent dropouts, as well as at-risk students still in high school. Kelvin Neal was one of those students. Neal enrolled in MYcroSchool a little over three years ago when counselors at Boca Ciega High School informed him he was too far behind in credits to graduate on time. He chose MYcroSchool because of the setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mt. Zion Progressive&#039;s Youth Pastor Shawn Thomas commencement speech for MYcroSchool\" width=\"847\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwD34kexNi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou have a lot of kids that can\u2019t deal with 30, 40 kids in class at the same time,\u201d Neal said. \u201cThat was my problem. Here you can work at your own pace.\u201d<br>The students that have already dropped out, MYcroSchool offers them a second chance to earn a diploma.  While the average age of the students is 19, anyone between the ages of 16 and 22 can enroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\">Read the rest of the story at the Weekly Challenger &#8211; St. Petersburg&#8217;s finest paper!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1222\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinellasmycroschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/timthumb-1.jpg?resize=200%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1222\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1224\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinellasmycroschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/timthumb-2.jpg?resize=200%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1224\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1223\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinellasmycroschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/timthumb-3.jpg?resize=200%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1223\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1221\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinellasmycroschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/timthumb-4.jpg?resize=200%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1221\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinellasmycroschool.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/timthumb.jpg?resize=200%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1225\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 16, 2018 BY CINDY SWISHER,&nbsp;Neighborhood&nbsp;News Bureau One out of seven 16-24-year olds in the Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area are not working or in school. 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