Car giveaways ALWAYS bring out the best in people. In this case, it's attendance. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that it helps improve unexcused absences. At Brewer High School officials spend a considerable amount of time inputing attendance data for this year, according to Principal Lorimer Arendse.
"Every year we've done this we've seen an increase in perfect attendance," Aredse said. "Obviously, if a kid is not in school, they're not going to learn. We try to get them to see the value of coming to school."
Brewer High School works with Texas Motors Ford to offer a 2002 Ford Ranger truck to one special student. This year, that student is Jeffrey Osbourne, a junior at Brewer High School who won the Ford Ranger pickup from Texas Motors Ford. He doesn't ming that the vehicle isn't new, because Texas Motors Ford detailed the truck so that it runs well and looks like new. Osbourne said: "I just turned 18 a while a go and we're low on money. If you ask me, it's a free car, so I don't really care."
Now all he needs is his drivers license. :-)
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