Tuesday: 9:40 A.M. Senior Seminar

And what was that about college?

How many of you are not planning on going to college?" asks David Cady to the 61 seniors in his senior leadership seminar. No hands go up. Cady, who plans on having his class begin to fill out college applications next week, knows this is the first discussion of college many of these seniors have had this year. "How many have taken either the SAT or the ACT?" Fewer than half raise their hands. "How many of you have been to our career library?" Five hands go up.

Cady knows he's got a lot of work to do. A goal of...

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