The other part of school: Behavorial rewards take hold at Jennings

Top: Jennings Elementary first and fourth-grade students play an organized game at morning recess Monday. Since last fall, the number of kids sent to the office for behavior issues on the playground dropped 77 percent.

Bottom: Third-grader Asher Warwick takes a seat in his office as Principal for a Day. He won the honor by first receiving a “PAWS” card handed out by staff to reward standards of good behavior.

A new program started at Jennings Elementary School and partly at Colfax High School has shown results on the playground, in the halls and in the classroom.

The effort to teach expectatio...