Morales stressed that the student’s chosen pathway does not replace the subjects required to earn a diploma (yes, they will still study Shakespeare and American history). He is active in business development for the Credit Union, but he said his greatest satisfaction came from teaching financial literacy classes to public school students from elementary through high school. Kody Raymond, a 2020 graduate of Jeffersontown High School, took a different track. “Some folks from Norton Healthcare came to the school and told us they had job opportunities for high school students to work with them,” Young said. “The main thing we want the Academies do for students is allow them to leave with something more than a diploma,” Morales said.