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By One blink on your drive up Barnard Street and you may miss the entrance to Vista High School — one of the most student-centered learning spaces in all of West Contra Costa.  Led by veteran principal Edith Jordan-McCormick, Vista is a choice school within West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) for students in grades 7-12, and one that is often miscategorized as credit recovery or altogether unknown to many local families.  “[Vista] is an incredibly amazing alternative high school that people just don’t know about,” shared Jordan-McCormick. “It may not have the bran...

By Counselor Erica Martinez has a clearly defined mission: help high school students discover their passions and find a path that will lead them to opportunity, happiness, and success after graduation.   “As a counselor you’re guiding young people on how they’re going to do their education,” remarked Martinez, “but you’re also helping them become adults.”  For Martinez, the call to pursue a career in academic counseling was fueled in part by her own experience with counselors in her hometown of Fresno, California. Martinez recalled seeing her own counselor in high school “...