Students in Clarke County are learning lessons that go far beyond the classroom thanks to the Jobs for Alabama’s Graduates program and two educators who are helping the next generation prepare for success. Clarke County High School JAG teacher Mary Roberts has spent three decades shaping students’ futures. Roberts, a former family and consumer science teacher at CCHS, left the classroom in 2023 for a military deployment and returned in December 2024. In January, she began leading the JAG program at CCHS, continuing her 30-year teaching career and her 25 years of military service. Coach Russell Wright launched the JAG...