High Point Central sees success in new program

Community participation, attendance, and disciplinary action are a few of the biggest challenges schools face.

At High Point Central High School, there is a new program called Stroll on the Boulevard, and it is showing a positive trend.

The High Point Central High School Principal, Mike Hettenbach, said he came up with the idea.

"Whenever we need help with parents or students who may be making these choices, who are young teenagers, and we just need help from the home, we ask them if they'd like to spend the day with their students," said Hettenbach. "We swag them out with a tee shirt that says, 'I took a stroll on the Boulevard to advocate for my child's education, what would you do, call the school,' and it's starting to pick up more and more and more."

How it works is family members can come to visit the school and spend a day with their students, sit in a class, or hang out through lunch to learn about their students' experience and support them in whatever ways they need.

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