Good attempt at transcending dryness of typical academic research by offering the heartbeat of real life via strong assortment of interviews. While about school, issues of racism, immigration, and difficulties accepting diversity are woven throughout. The kids’ voices make the piece, despite occasional slow flow of narration-interview-narration. But narrator has comfortable presence and script offers helpful description and vivid details of town, school, as well as economic, and cultural concerns. A couple of involved adults balance the kids’ interviews just fine. Music, when it appears, is a plus, as is the livelier tape gathered at the sole Hispanic graduate’s party. I realized how caught up I was when I gasped, “Oh, no….” on hearing, well, I won’t tell you, you’ll just have to listen. I wished this was a bit more polished, but forgive any lack of artistry because of its earnestness and the tender respect given the kids voices. No neat conclusion reached, no happy ending. Still, a valuable half-hour from a public radio land most associated with Garrison Keillor. Fine pick for start or end of high school year, youth or diversity programming