We try to keep 35-40 current students with good speaking voices who enjoy speaking on the phone.

We call 40 to 45,000 alumni and friends each year and donations increase each year. Average gifts range from $70 to $100 and some are between $1000 and $1500. Major contributors to the university sponsor buildings.

Those were interesting concerns, but none of them became true. In the end students stepped up and did what they needed to do to pass the class.

We (as a school system) don't just do high school so students can get a diploma. We should prepare students for the next step in life.

What we're hearing is that approximately 14 schools from across the Denver metro area, across school districts, students are having conversations about walking out.

The last week before the ball we study Cinderella and the students spend a little time each day traveling around the school trying the glass slipper on teachers looking for the real princess. At the ball, the students are thrilled when Prince Charming arrives and the glass slipper fits the true Cinderella.