Brockton High School Celebrates Scholarship Offers From Livingston College

WBZ NewsRadio’s Chaiel Schaffel reports.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Students at Brockton High are getting a pitch from a
tiny college in North Carolina.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Let's find students who are high academic achievers and guess
what they paid? No money out of pocket.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Livingstone College is trying to recruit kids here. That was
college president Anthony Davis. They'll take these kids for free
as long as they have an average or better, all
expenses paid, and these scholarships were instant. There's about two
dozen majors there and the graduation rate is only in
the high twenties, so Livingstone is looking to boost itself

(00:29):
with these recruits too. Principal Kevin McCaskill says, this is
a big opportunity for smart kids without the money to
go to a four year school.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
It's a game changer, it's life changing. You get the
opportunity to go to a four year school get a
quality education.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Leanna I Vianna is one of the seniors who came
away from the pitch convinced there's.

Speaker 4 (00:45):
Many people who are going to community college and I
just wanted to challenge myself.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Kyle Shaffele WBS Boston's news radio