The View From Here

One out of four adults in California is a high school dropout. Class Dismissed takes an up-close look at the crisis through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley. The stories reveal what’s at stake for their future and ours.

Twenty years after a sharp rise in autism rates, thousands of California children are aging out of special education. Each one enters adulthood with a unique combination of social deficits that promises a challenging life, even with support.

First- and third-graders at award-winning Elk Grove Unified School District give thumbs up to menus that meet California's SB-12 nutrition requirements.

With the support of a school lunch booster club, Davis Joint Unified School District has become a regional leader in school nutrition.

A free summer fun cafe fills the need to feed hungry kids in the San Juan Unifed School District.

Yolo County's Harvest of the Month program connects local schools with the fresh produce grown all around them.

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act mandates school meals with more fruits and whole grains, while reducing sodium and fat. Sacramento-area schools are creating new menus, juggling budgets and cooking up ways to convince kids to eat their vegetables.

Dr. Rafael Laniado treats patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis at a state-of-the-art clinic in Tijuana. He and his colleagues at UC San Diego are part of an international collaboration to eradicate the infectious disease.

Hill Country patients with mental illness enjoy the camaraderie at Circle of Friends. The support group is just one of the ways a small rural health care clinic helps combat isolation in remote Shasta County.

LeAndre Williams admits he was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was stabbed. He lost an the eye, but his trip to a South Sacramento Trauma Center changed his life.