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Charles W. Jenkins Jr. proudly tells you that he passed the General Educational Development (GED) test to earn an equivalency diploma, a diploma showing his formal education is equal to that of a high school graduate.
Now in his mid twenties, Mr. Jenkins admits that he personally didn’t recognize the value of an education and of completing high school when he quit school and started to work about eight years ago. He quit when a sophomore at Rappahannock County High School.
As a "Student, Mr. Jenkins says in reflection; “1 didn't think I’d really needed it (a high school education).”
Amplifying, he frankly adds that “out in the real world they (an education and high school diploma) are more important than I though they were.”
After leaving school behind, Mr. Jenkins worked at different times as a part-time farm helper and construction worker.
About two and a half years ago he joined the Virginia Department of Transportation as a maintenance crew member at the Warrenton Area Headquarters in Fauquier County. Thi<s is when it , turned around for him.
Mr. Jenkins learned VDOT encourages and supports adult education. He jumped at the chance and enrolled at the first opportunity. He became a student in classes taught at the Fauquier High School’s Adult Education Center under the administration of program coordinator Rebecca Jones and tutelage of instructors Donna Torrens and Betty Owens.
Warrenton resident engineer Bob Moore is glad Mr. Jenkins did take advantage of the pro
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