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The Star’s Malcolm Garcia is spending this year with students at Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kan. His stories will examine the challenges some of the teens and teachers face and how they try to surmount them.

One who cared makes an impression on at-risk youths

01:31 AM CST

When I started going to Schlagle High School in January, my focus was on one homeroom of teenage boys taught by Mal McCluskey.

Mother makes sure her kids don’t make the same mistakes she did

04:35 PM CST

Her mother had her young and Tawana Webster did the same with her kids, the first one born when she was still a child.

Integrity’s in her lesson plan, too

10:10 AM CDT

Hyped teenagers race around a corner, sneakers squeaking on the newly waxed floors, only to slow in unison when they see teacher Barbara Anderson.

Preparation for life’s performances: Members of the Schlagle marching band learn about commitment, discipline and, yes, making music.

04:14 PM CDT

Amid the confusion of freshman boys and girls jostling for seats in the Schlagle High School band room, Reginald May hears a noise he won’t tolerate.

A chance to cheat the hex of the street: Teacher tries to help two men relocate and escape the violence that shadows them

03:20 PM CDT

The three of them sit around a table on a January afternoon at Schlagle High School.

A veteran of trouble offers advice, solace

03:25 PM CDT

He bends over the blank sheet of paper, pencil in hand, considers and pauses.

Dance helps him handle hardships: Sister’s murder and other family troubles have not dimmed teen’s bright future

04:02 PM CDT

Sam Lockridge has considered it, come close even, but still can’t quite bring himself to write to the man who murdered his sister.

One lost early in his journey, another finding his way along

04:01 PM CDT

A 15-year-old boy in a leather coat, sneakers and baggy jeans stands next to his mother in a windswept cemetery in late January.