During the junior year of high school. But many students are working with College Counselors earlier, some as young as eighth grade. Stacy kadesh what were gonna do today, elizabeth, is were going to talk about the classes that you think you might wanna take in high school. Jessica Elizabeth Romero will start her freshman year of high school this fall but shes already focused on college. Elizabeth romero whats it like applying to a college . Jessica elizabeth is working with a private College Adviser to lay the groundwork for her college dream. Stacy is that going okay . Elizabeth its going to be a process, but i know that starting this early is really gonna help me with it. Stacy those will be good choices. Stacy when i meet with students as early eighth grade what theyre asking me to help them with is based on my interests, based on my skills and my abilities, what classes should i be taking . Jessica Stacey Kadesh says a growing number of students are arriving at her office earlier
At the center of a highprofile lawsuit before the u. S. Supreme court. Now heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Jessica aguirre hello, and welcome to our education special, class action, where we look at trends, politics, and controversies in schools. Im jessica aguirre. And tonight with begin with private college counseling, a growing industry, serving younger and younger students. Now, applying to college is anxious, nerveracking, and so stressful. So lots of students and their families want help, and some are turning to private counselors usually during the junior year of high school. But many students are working with College Counselors earlier, some as young as eighth grade. Stacy kadesh what were gonna do today, elizabeth, is were going to talk about the classes that you think you might wanna take in high school. Jessica Elizabeth Romero will start her freshman year of high school this fall, but shes already focused on college. Elizabeth romero whats it like applying to a college
To framing inside the wall or blocking. This isthis is precisely what we want to see. Jessica what Mark Quattrocchi doesnt want to see is what he found inside napa schools after a 6. 0 earthquake struck in the middle of the night. Female i know its very scary, okay . I know, i know. Jessica bookshelves blocked exits. A file cabinet toppled onto a desk. A drill press fell to the floor. Mark and then also things that you really wouldnt expect, light fixtures. In a number of schools, they had light fixtures fail, and some fall. Jessica; we were the first to show you the chaos inside classrooms. Structural engineer Maryann Phipps saw our story. Maryann phipps if it had been another time of day, it would have been a completely different story, and we would have been mourning the loss of students. Jessica a report she wrote for fema doesnt mince words, noting, at least three Public Schools experienced potentially lifethreatening damage to classroom furnishings. Prompted by what we saw, we re
Safety in schools. Our reporting has prompted new legislation that proposes to tighten seismic safety. Now, we were the first to show you a pattern of failures in schools, revealing dangerous debris inside classrooms after earthquakes. And now, for the first time, sacramento takes up the issue. It doesnt take much to keep a classroom safe in the event of an earthquake. Mark quattrocchi so, if we open up the cabinet, well see that there are bolts, two in the bottom of each cabinet, two in the top of each one, and these are attached directly to framing inside the wall or blocking. This isthis is precisely what we want to see. Jessica what Mark Quattrocchi doesnt want to see is what he found inside napa schools after a 6. 0 earthquake struck in the middle of the night. Female i know its very scary, okay . I know, i know. Jessica bookshelves blocked exits. A file cabinet toppled onto a desk. A drill press fell to the floor. Mark and then also things that you really wouldnt expect, light fi
Safety in schools. Our reporting has prompted new legislation that proposes to tighten seismic safety. Now, we were the first to show you a pattern of failures in schools, revealing dangerous debris inside classrooms after earthquakes. And now, for the first time, sacramento takes up the issue. It doesnt take much to keep a classroom safe in the event of an earthquake. Mark quattrocchi so, if we open up the cabinet, well see that there are bolts, two in the bottom of each cabinet, two in the top of each one, and these are attached directly to framing inside the wall or blocking. This isthis is precisely what we want to see. Jessica what Mark Quattrocchi doesnt want to see is what he found inside napa schools after a 6. 0 earthquake struck in the middle of the night. Female i know its very scary, okay . I know, i know. Jessica bookshelves blocked exits. A file cabinet toppled onto a desk. A drill press fell to the floor. Mark and then also things that you really wouldnt expect, light fi