Tulsa Public Schools is setting new records for graduation readiness. It’s years in the making.

Kendrick Tolon was like “every other freshman” at Will Rogers College High School. He didn’t really care about school, going just to go, unsure of what he wanted to do with his future.

But heading into his sophomore year, a call from a teacher changed that. The educator wanted to help Tolon plan for his future — and wanted to know his “why.”

“We started to talk about what I want to do, where I see myself, and I had no idea. But he’s motivated me to see where I wanted to be one day,” Tolon said…

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