The Bad Kids

2016

English

7.0

♡ 9

100%

81%

Action

Documentary

Keith Fulton Director

Julia Alexander as Self

Robert Bartz as Self

Vonda Viland as Self - School Principal

Laura Ambrosius as Self - School Secretary

On a remote patch of the Mojave Desert, amidst dusty tumbleweeds and rangy Joshua Trees, sits an anomaly: a high school where educators believe empathy, life skills, and the constancy of a caring adult are the differences that will give at-risk students command of their fates. On any given day, principal Vonda Viland calls kids at the crack of dawn to see if they’ll make it to school. And if they need a ride? Well, she’ll pick them up. Vonda knows each student’s challenges and coaches them tirelessly, never fostering false hopes. Her philosophy combines loving compassion with realism, and given her school’s rising graduation rate, it seems to be working.