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"You're gonna find kids every single year that walk across that stage because of athletics, and because of no other reason."
That's the opinion of Soldotna High School's full-time athletic director, Phil Leck, who tells KTUU that his school is the No.
1 intervention in public high schools in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
The school has about 650 students, smaller than the average American high school but larger than any other in the district, and more than half of them participate in sports, including football, drumline, track, and volleyball.
Most coaches at the school receive an "extremely modest" stipend to coach out of their teaching hours, Leck says.
Construction teacher Tim White agrees.
"We're trying to get kids in the shop, we're trying to get them working, using the power tools, the same power tools that are used in the industry, and the same building practices and same building sciences," he tells KTUU.
SoHi has two art teachers, two music teachers, and technical classes including aviation, cosmetology, and construction, says Soldotna High Principal Sargeant Truesdell.
"And we try to fill all of the squares with things that will inspire students as to what they want
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