Flerentin Flex Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, you do the same thing every day, said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent 30 days his first year. That gets very frustrating.
Then his principal did something nearly unheard of: She let students play organized sports during lunch if they attended all their classes. In other words, she offered high schoolers recess.
