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“By the time our students arrive at CCHS, they have spent years being told what they are not. Not motivated enough. Not smart enough. Not focused enough. Rarely have students been asked about their strengths, interests or goals.
During the 2025-26 school year, CCHS began its first year as a community school, with grant funding that allowed us to bring more services and support for students onto our campus. It gave us an opportunity to redesign our school around one question: What if we stopped asking students to fit into school and started building a school that fit our students?
Then, we designed a school around the answer.
This is what we heard. Students wanted relationships with adults. They wanted opportunities that felt relevant to their future. They wanted support when life became difficult. Their feedback led us to rethink school.”