It’s 3 p.m. at Sweet Home Junior High and the students are long gone €“ most of them, that is.
In one classroom, approximately 10 youngsters sit at desks with their textbooks open. They’re not there, particularly, because they love studying. Most are simply trying to get passing grades and they’ve come to an after-school study hall to get on track.
“I was on the verge of failing eighth grade,” says Tanika Caldwell, who said…