. >> the school is certainly making a difference in nick sturgill's life. what's the best part. >> the teachers. they reach out to you. if they're feeling down they come and say hey are you feeling all right. >> have you ever had conversations like that. >> never here. >> nick is one of the 130 students at the school where 60ers percen% live below the poverty line. which one of you is a better student. >> sisters eat two meals each day and get sent home with extra food on weekends. do you think there's a connection between doing well in school and what you're going to be able to do in life. >> yes. >> with federal and state funding figured on enrollment, freddie can't afford to lose a single student. he fears the trump whitehouse support for charter schools and couchers could lead. >> i understand the need for increasing performance in school but just making a blanket statement and saying all schools in the nation can receive this voucher to go somewhere else, it would be detrimental to a school that's performing will with well. if you lost ten kids you'd l

they know that public school here is a necessity. >> reporter: just ask nick sturgill. if you had a choice to go to another school, would you? >> no, not for a million bucks. they say that home is where the heart is, and it's right here. >> reporter: not the usual way an eighth grader describes >>ddle school, in appalachia or anywhere else. jim axelrod, cbs news, eolia, kentucky. >> ninan: still ahead, a young wife shot dead. her soldier husband pulled a trigger. was it an accident or was it murder? murder. murder. and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like

. >> the school is certainly making a difference in nick sturgil's life, a >> what's the best part?hers. they really reach out to you. like if you're feeling down, they'll come to you and say, hey, are you feeling all right? >> how often to you have conversations like that? >> i have them everyday here. >> nick is one of students who is living 60% below the poverty line. these sisters eat two meals each day and get september home with extra food on the weekends. >> to you think there's a connection between doing well in school and what you're going to do in life? >> yes. >> with his federal and state funding figure on enrollment, freddy can't afford to lose a student. he fears where the vouchers will go. >> just making a blanket statement saying all option to receive a voucher to go somewhere else, it would be detrimental to a school that's performing well. >> if you lost ten kids, would you lose a teacher? >> i would definitely lose a teacher. >> nine students here, a former student in this country, she's now a community kj teacher and a writer. >> you want to have a school/koj col