Mike and the rest of the facility at the small Northeast prep school were listing to the head master telling them what they had known for some time. The school was struggling financially just to stay open. All of them were beginning to worry about their jobs for the next year. Their spirits perked up when he announced that they would implement a new program that could very well save the school.
"It is something we have not tried before. Other private schools have worked similar programs with good success. We will begin to take in young people that have not made the grades to get into college. We must train them to be able to pass the test to play ball at the college of their choice."
Some of the teachers groaned that they would have to teach the jocks at the school. Always before it was kids that had plenty of money but no desire to learn anything. He called out five of the youngest teachers and asked them to stay after the meeting was dismissed. Mike was the youngest of the young at only twenty-five years old. The oldest was thirty.
After the others had departed he had the five sat down. "I am going to tell you just what the program is about. Boosters for different colleges will pay a large amount of money to have us teach athletes to take the test. This first group will be five young athletes that will bring in enough money to keep us a float for next year. "
"Each one of you will take one of these young men to live in your home. He want even attend classes with the other students. You were chosen because you each have a wife that stays home every day. Most of them have teaching degrees and can home school these young men. Our goal will be to pass the entrance exams to enter college. If that happens we get a huge chunk of money donated to the school. If it doesn't work and the student flunks then we get nothing."
"All of you have two choices. One, you can work at this and make it work. Second; you can go ahead and turn in you resignation because there want be any jobs here next year. I want an answer by tomorrow. If the one staying with you makes it then you will receive a nice bonus." He stood up and left the room without answering any questions.
Mark looked over at Todd. "Wonder just what are we suppose to do with some dumb jock that never cared enough to study. Gail is not going to like the idea of someone staying with us for six months"
Todd spoke up, "I don't know about the rest of you but I don't have any choice. I don't have any money saved and no other job prospects. Amy will just have to do her part."
The rest of them were in the same shape. Between the five men they all agreed to make the most of the opportunity. They now had to convince their wives.
Gail had dinner on the table when Mike arrived home as she usually did. She watched as he picked at his food. She knew that something was wrong since he usually dug in when he sat down at the table. "What is going on?" She knew that the school was in trouble and they were worried that Mike might be let go. He was the last one hired and would be the first to be fired.
"We had a faculty meeting today. Mr. Townsend told us that we were having to start a new program if we wanted a job after this year."
"That can't be to bad if it can save the school and the teachers jobs."
"It is just experimental now and only five will work in it this time. I have been chosen along with Todd and three others. We didn't have any choice, either we do it are we pack our bags. None of us have any money saved. I guess we don't have any choice in the matter."
"What can be so hard about a teaching program?"
"One thing, it is illegal to do what he wants to do. We would have to take one of the young men into our home for six months. He wouldn't even go to school with the other students. You would be expected to teach him here at home. He would only take the test at the school. We have to give him an answer by tomorrow morning. I guess we will get the details then."
Gail didn't like the idea of a stranger living with them. They had plenty of room but she liked her privacy. At the same time she didn't want them to lose their job. "I can make it work for six months. You can be looking for another job before next year. I guess it is time I finally did my part." She had taken the news much better than he expected.
Gail and Mark had been married since their senior year in college. Since then he had taught three years at the prep school. The pay was good and every thing had look well until the school started losing money. Gail had not had to use her teaching education until now.
All five of the chosen couples were similar. All were under thirty and their wives didn't have full time jobs. The similarities didn't end there. All men were handsome men with very attractive wives. Gail and Amy were both short blondes with nice figures that caught a lot of attention from the male side. One was a pretty red head with long shapely legs and a nice rack on her chest. The other two were just as attractive as the first three, only with black hair.
It was this group that was summoned to the head masters office that Monday afternoon after they had reported that morning that all five would take part in the new program.
Mr. Townsend introduced them to an attractive lady that must be in her forties but looked much younger. "This is Nina Smith. She has overseen this program at other schools and will tell you each what your responsibilities will be. She will be the one that you answer too. The school is staying as far away from this as possible. I think you can understand why."
He left, shutting the door behind him. Nina stood up as the door shut behind him "Let me tell you how this program works. Not even your husbands will know unless you tell them. I would suggest that you five keep it between yourselves for now." The five wives looked from one to the other wondering what could be going on that they could not even tell their own husbands.
"We want even go into the money that makes this program possible. Some very rich men are financing this program here and other places. It must be kept secret since it would make the young men that take it lose any chance of getting a scholarship and cost the boosters a ton of money."
"Each of you will be assigned a young man to help him learn how to take and pass the entrance exams to get a college scholarship. This man will be with you twenty-four hours a day for the next six months. You will be expected to teach him not only the reading, writing, and math but how to function in the world."
"These young men are coming from places worse than you ever dreamed off. They have been on the streets most of their lives. When they did go to school they were so far behind that they loss interest and were more troublemakers than students. Only their ability on the football field kept them in school. Their grades were handed to them so they could play on Friday nights."
