College Bound?

In the article, “A High School Where College Is Not the Goal,” Gillian B. White presents a high school called Randolph Technical High School that does not necessarily focus on ensuring their students go to great colleges. For example, Johnika Tavares just graduated recently from this high school and now takes classes at nearby college while also working as a home health aide. This school wants to make sure their students are stable when venturing off into the real world with the potential to still take college courses. The head of Randolph’s welding program, Joe Williams, says all of his seniors who graduate maintain a stable career in their interest while potentially taking college classes. These seniors will be graduating while also making about $45,000-$50,000 a year. This program makes sure that these graduating students are secure and are simultaneously pursuing a career that they enjoy. It becomes complicated to understand a school such as Randolph Technical High School compared to a college-preparatory school like Choate that focuses massively on guaranteeing that their students enter prestigious colleges and universities. Randolph Technical instead wants the students to have options and not be limited to the only certain path that can possibly be risky or uncertain.