Inspired by The Young Women’s Leadership School of East Harlem founded in 1996, this public school network has been going above and beyond for young ladies in Texas ever since. With most in their families the first to graduate high school and attend college, Lynn McBee and her team ensure that there’s a tight-knit community and high expectations among students well past their graduation, which is one reason districts are inviting them to open schools in other areas in Texas like the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, and western Dallas County. Once they get there, the network identifies unique student needs and meets them, and is fully sustainable with their unique public private partnership that puts the interests of the students they serve above all other considerations.