No money for college? One town’s reply. A scholarship for every high school graduate.

Bryan Whitmore, a senior at Kalamazoo Central High who has a talk-radio show and raps under the name "bry2fly," is planning to study broadcasting after graduation. He had found a scholarship that would help him pay for college, but "it wasn’t a lot." His mom works at the Old Country Buffet and his dad, a former roofer, is on disability.

But Bryan’s college plans just got a big boost. He’s eligible for a new scholarship, available to the school district’s graduates, that will cover 100 percent of tuition and fees for any public university or community college in Michigan. "I’m going to be the first one in my family to … go to college," says the fourth of six siblings, who has a message for the donors: "Thanks for the scholarship, guys."

By Yvonne Zipp | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

Full Story: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1116/p01s03-ussc.html?s=hns

The Kalamazoo Promise: http://www.kalamazoopublicschools.com/education/dept/dept.php?sectiondetailid=10657&sc_id=1131662979