Aisha Roscoe

And I would think that it would make it harder to successfully transition into a regular school, right?

So Walt spent all of his elementary school years in a school for troubled kids.

Then in middle school, he was segregated in classes for troubled kids.

And now we're meeting him in high school.

But, I mean, in a way, like, he's overselling it.

He's a little cocky about all of these suspensions that he's had.

So these were kids he knew from the EBD classes?

So it feels like at the end of Walt's junior year, he's sort of on a knife's edge.

He's been exposed to some HBCUs.

And I have to say, HBCUs are known for giving students second chances for redemption.

That is the story of HBCUs.

And he's been exposed to that.

He wants to turn his life around.

He's motivated and smart.

But to do that, you have to stay out of trouble.

And that can be very hard when you've had a history of getting into trouble.

When we come back, it's Walt's senior year.

And we meet another one of Mr. K's students from a decade ago and hear about a path Walter never got to take.

Stay with us.

I'm Aisha Roscoe, and we're back with a Sunday story.