What are the benefits of SDSC’s relationships with the Preuss School and Gompers Charter Middle School?
Baxter: It’s hard to overstate the value of those partnerships to SDSC. Both schools allow us to see the real bottom line of what we do. Through a sustained relationship with them, we learn which of our programs are most effective and how to strengthen others. We cherish the wonderful Preuss students who have worked as interns at SDSC. They have given us far more than they have taken, and we hope to maintain contact with them as they continue in life. While Gompers students are younger, we do hope that by expanding our high school internship program (which we are doing this year), we will be able to develop similar relationships with Gompers students as they go on to other high schools. The educational challenges we face are significant. It is too easy to think that you’ve figured out the answer because it all fits well into a publication or a proposal. But it’s only when you watch students’ understanding grow, their skills develop, and their future prospects actually begin to open up
