Idaho urging students to go on

The promise of opportunity fills Room 241 inside Post Falls High School. The walls are a collage of college pennants. University brochures and scholarship packets abound. Computers are set to explore degree programs or campus housing options. In a state where less than half of high school graduates move immediately on to higher education, counseling hubs like this are the front lines of a desperate push to turn more teens toward college or career-training programs. Cathryn Coley is one whose future changed when she walked through the door. The Post Falls senior plans to attend North Idaho College in the fall – something she didn’t consider possible just a few months ago. “I didn’t even think I could go to college at first. I didn’t think there was anything out there for me,” said Coley, 18/ Scott Maben , SR. More here.

Question: Were you the first person in your family to go to college?