High school students sign up for free classes at Penn Valley

Carroll O'Neal, (wearing jacket) associate dean of students and Linda Faris (seated), college relations coordinator, answer questions during PIE sign-up.

Who says today's students are apathetic? About 50 students from the Kansas City, Missouri School District came to Penn Valley Thursday to take advantage of free college classes through the Partners In Excellence (PIE) program. PIE allows high school juniors and seniors to take college classes for free.

PIE is coordinated by Linda Faris, college relations coordinator.