Brad Stewart Lancasteris an expert in the field of rainwater harvesting and water management. He is also a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and co-founder of Desert Harvesters non-profit organization... (wikipedia)
We want the kids to do as well as they can. There are so many opportunities (for various activities), and that's good. But, how do we make sure it's not a distraction.
We're 20 to 40 students away from being a Recognized district. It was close, but we're not taking any chances.
Our community expects us to be Recognized, and that's what we're striving for.
There, that's informal incentives going on. We're seeing, incidentally, some of the 11th-graders talking to their 10th-grade friends.