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Learning by doing in 'Exchange City'

Barrington middle schoolers experience an educational "city" in New Hampshire, conducting a trial, publishing a newspaper and running their own businesses.

01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, July 9, 2006

BY MICHAEL P. McKINNEY
Journal Staff Writer

EXCHANGE CITY -- Three hours into his term, scandal engulfs another mayor from Rhode Island. Alex Fyfe is hauled into court. All lies, he insists, as he faces the judge in his finest skateboard T-shirt and baggy jeans.

The charges spring from a well-placed leak: "Mayor Alex Fyfe has broken two laws," Rebecca Brenner announces on Extreme Radio, 94.8 on the dial. He walked on the grass and he blew a chewing-gum bubble, she asserts. Both are violations of Exchange City ordinances.

"It is the press' responsibility to alert the city about scandal," Rebecca tells listeners.

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July financial aid tip of the month

Many sources of financial aid are available to help college-bound students pay higher education expenses, including federal and state grants, scholarships and Federal Stafford and PLUS Loans. In addition, merit-based scholarships and need-based grants are often available at the local level.

All these programs may help ease the burden of paying for college; however, sometimes it is not enough to pay college costs. When that happens, parents and students may take advantage of private student loans, usually called alternative loans.

In addition to providing Federal Stafford and PLUS Loans in Kentucky, The Student Loan Peoplesm, Kentucky's only nonprofit student loan provider, offers the Advantage Loan. This loan helps bridge the gap between the cost of college and the financial aid a student has received.

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