Luther Burbank High School exudes characteristics of many of the U.S.’s underperforming schools and high poverty sanctioned communities. If we want effective teaching and learning opportunities to be probable in even the poorest communities we must “level the playing field” of our plaguing school systems, with components of high performing and successful school systems. Moreover, local and state governments must create a means to provide the needed supports in high poverty communities that will transform their quality of life socially, emotionally, and financially, allowing families to grow out of insufficiency. One part of the formula for local and state governments is investing high in education. Darling-Hammond (2010) suggests the following