Evelyn Van Hecke recounts her experience as an art teacher at West Charlotte High School in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics discussed include the role fine arts classes played in bringing students of all backgrounds together, her experiences working with English as a Second Language students in her art classes, and the pride West Charlotte teachers and staff had for the school and their students. She also discusses how under new leadership at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in the 1990s, West Charlotte was no longer treated as the system's flagship school, compounding the problems the school faced due to the lack of support for integration from newcomers to the city.
