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was offering a complete scholarship for the school,” Crooker said. “It was honestly the only way I could have gotten my diploma (because) it is very expensive to go back to school after you’re 18.”

Morrow said Career Online High School is funded in partnership by the California State Library and the Colusa County Free Library.

“This program is not only a fully-accredited high school diploma program, but participants also earn a career certificate that they can apply in the workforce,” Morrow said.

Crooker said the only major draw back in her online educational experience is that if a student is not self motivated it is really easy to skip on doing work.

“I went three weeks without even signing into classes accidentally,” Crooker said. “My kids got sick, I got sick, lots of things happened during those three weeks. Then the next thing I realized I had not been doing my schoolwork.”

Crooker said she had already been so far ahead at that point that missing three weeks had not set her back but she started her school work again with a vengeance.

“If one is not careful it would be easy to fall behind as there was no consequences like there would be if you missed three weeks of a brick and mortar school,” Crooker said.

Crooker said she is now enrolled at Yuba Community College.

“My plan is to graduate from Yuba Community College with an associates degree in early childhood education,” Crooker said. “Then hopefully attend an online university to get my bachelor’s degree in education so I can become an elementary school teacher.”

Crooker said she may also consider going back to school down the road to focus on history and become a high school history teacher.

Crooker told library staff that she would some day like to open a daycare facility in Maxwell as well, to put her education to good use.

“I look forward to the day when Savana opens her own daycare to care for and shape the minds of Maxwell’s youth, with the commitment that she put forth for her own education,” Morrow said.

Crooker said she hopes sharing her experience may encourage someone else to take the steps to better their own life.