“Since I started in the BRC program at Ponderosa Middle School, I’ve noticed a lot of progress and changes in my students. I have an 8th grader who would get so frustrated that she would cuss at teachers, peers, and support staff. She would walk out of the classrooms knocking things over on the way out, leave campus to where she needed to be found and brought back to campus. This student is on probation for physical fighting. She was targeted as a bad student. Since I have worked with her the progress I’ve seen and experienced with her is she will now ask for a break, take a walk and return to class. She no longer cusses at teacher and staff in the building. She hasn’t left a classroom with out permission nor has she left campus. She now has a support person she trusts will always be there for her, she has turned in over 15 missing assignments, has passing grades and shows up to class on time and is ready to participate in class learning. Her progress is slow and uncomfortable, but it's going at her pace.”