When public school doesn't fit
(Local News ~ 05/23/08)
Gretchen Perkins was home schooled until halfway though ninth grade. At that point, she decided she needed a change. Subjects had become too complex for her mother to explain and spending all day with her mother was no longer fun. She looked into going to Mountain Home High School, but because of the number of students at the high school compared to just her and her mom, she chose to go to Richard McKenna Charter High School. ...