School visits give teenagers a feel for how others live, learn

ST. JOSEPH – Barely after 8 a.m., there's a small divide in the cafeteria of St. Joseph-Ogden High School.

On one side, near the door, there's a group of Urbana High School students, some freshmen, others sophomores or juniors, some black, some white, some neither.

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