HS gives Air Jordans to kids who comes to class

[Misfit]

High School Students Get Swag on Count Day - Yahoo! Finance

Once a year, Detroit Public Schools pulls out all the stops to get students in their seats.

In 2010, the district enticed students with a total of $20,000 in Target gift cards. The prize for attendance in 2009: a shot to win a laptop, iPod, or 42-inch flat screen TV.

This year, every Detroit public high school student who shows up to school on Oct. 3 will be rewarded with a free pair of Nikes, courtesy of a local shoe store.

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Originally Posted by Misfit

High School Students Get Swag on Count Day - Yahoo! Finance

Once a year, Detroit Public Schools pulls out all the stops to get students in their seats.

In 2010, the district enticed students with a total of $20,000 in Target gift cards. The prize for attendance in 2009: a shot to win a laptop, iPod, or 42-inch flat screen TV.

This year, every Detroit public high school student who shows up to school on Oct. 3 will be rewarded with a free pair of Nikes, courtesy of a local shoe store.

Good Lord. Remember when kids went to school because their parents MADE them go?!? Even the impoverished ones showed up on a regular basis.

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Million$ in Federal education funds rides on the outcome of attendance on that date. Obviously, the Detroit School System has to offer something to get the thugs off the street for only one day.