Yes Prep/Lee Cohabitate

Yes Prep starting up at Lee High School ... as in inside Lee High School. Nice story here in the Chron, plus video:

Excerpt:

YES founder Chris Barbic said the relationship is a blend of cooperation and competition. He and Amstutz agree they can learn from one another.

Lee High, for instance, is known for its work with first-generation immigrants, many of whom enter high school at an older age, unable to speak English and years behind.

Most students entering the newest YES program come from the Gulfton neighborhood and otherwise would have attended Long, Grady or Sharpstown middle schools. YES' other locations serve primarily American-born, low-income Hispanic students.

In addition to the summer program, YES students attend class an extra two hours a day. Some spend three or four hours a day just on reading or math — whatever it takes to help them catch up to their grade levels, officials said.

These techniques have paid off at YES' only Houston high school, whose scores blow Lee's out of the water.