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>> unlike charter schools, fenger high accepts all students. >> so at this time, i would like our 100th graduating class to turn your tassels from left to right. you have officially graduated from high school. >> fenger's graduation rate is 50%, which is an improvement from 2012. in 2013, more students are also going to college, but liz knows there's much more work to be done. >> my brain is already in next year. i wrapped this up three months ago. now i'm thinking where are we headed to and how are we going to get there? a lot of what we're going to into next year, we have this little budget,...

Have to pay the taxes they used to have to pay. that would actually fund schools. >> back at fenger high, the principal is forced to do the best she can with the money she has. >> josh, how were you in class today? >> good. >> the work is not between the hours of 8:00 and 3:30. to me it extends beyond that. >> bye. and cigarettes. >> liz's hard work with her students hasn't gone unnoticed. >> liz dozier. >> liz takes lee and a group of seniors to the challenge awards ceremony, where fenger is being honored. >> all right, guys, let's go. it's just an absolutely humbling experience to be here at...

And have a purpose in life. >> my perfect world would be love and wellness. instead of kids being thrown away, they're kept and loved. >> these daydreams are rudely interrupted when shots ring out just blocks from school. >> there was a shooting a couple blocks from the school, but we got a call -- a couple calls saying a lot of our kids are up there. >> liz races to the scene fearing one of her kids may have gotten shot. >> we got a call from one of our security officers. she said she saw a bunch of kids and there was a shooting. i thought it was one of my kids. >> let me find out what the de...

That would actually fund schools. >> back at fenger high, the principal is forced to do the best she can with the money she has. >> josh, how were you in class today? >> good. >> the work is not between the hours of 8:00 and 3:30. to me it extends beyond that. >> bye. i need you to stop smoking weed and cigarettes. >> liz's hard work with her students hasn't gone unnoticed. >> liz dozier. >> liz takes lee and a group of seniors to the challenge awards ceremony, where fenger is being honored. >> all right, guys, let's go. it's just an absolutely humbling experience to be here at this time and a...

Three people got shot last night right up the hill. it's just crazy. the first hot day come, here comes the shooting. >> even as shooting continues on the street, just blocks away at fenger high, principal dozier moves forward with the peace march. >> the objective is for students to be able to walk away and understand the importance for the peace walk. >> how is it going to go? the kids are all leading this, so they have to have a clear understanding of what they're supposed to do and where they're going to go. >> there's some serious safety concerns that i know parents have expressed that co...