LOS ANGELES — When students returned to the Social Justice Humanitas Academy campus in August 2021, many could barely focus on their high school assignments. They walked out of class. They refused to do work. Drug use and the number of students hospitalized because of suicidal thoughts were on an alarming incline.
Teachers and staff at Humanitas saw the crisis before them — and turned to their long-established playbook for solutions.
"Our philosophy is to meet kids where they're at," Principal Jeffrey Austin said, "and take them far as we possibly can."
