Despite the cutesy headline, touchy-feely anecdote, and the compassionate-sounding "twilight program," there's no avoiding the fact that Jacques Blackman, district transition specialist, has the power to browbeat families into complying with arbitrary g-school standards.
From Lancasteronline.com: "The biggest thing is that the family has to value education. If they don't, it's easy for the family to give their blessing for the student not to be in school," Blackman said. "These are the cases we take to court."
