A program that helps Dallas students attend college for free is struggling to keep them on track
More students are choosing work over school as the pandemic strains finances.
The Dallas County Promise, a program that helps put Dallas students through college for free, helped students like Crystal Garza, 19, figure out whether she wanted to go to community college or a four-year university. But the program is struggling as the number of students that take its pledge and enroll in college drop during the pandemic.(Lawrence Jenkins )
Crystal Garza, 19, was unsure about what life would look like for her after high school, and the pandemic made deciding on college even harder.