When You Decide to Run Away From Home

Crystal runs away from home leaving her mother to fear for the worst. Agustin visits the doctor to discuss a potentially life threatening surgery to fix a deformation in his face, but makes progress back at school dealing with his anger issues brought on by bullying from other kids.

On Chicago's West Side, there is a school for the city's most at-risk youth — the Moses Montefiore Academy. Most of the students at Montefiore have been kicked out of other schools for aggressive behavior, and many have been diagnosed with emotional disorders.

Last Chance High takes viewers inside Montefiore's classrooms and into the homes of students who are one mistake away from being locked up or committed to a mental hospital.

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[Belofsky]

Augustin is the perfect example of a good kid in a bad city.

[begonethot]

It hurts me to see kids sitting alone at lunch and then they start looking at the other kids wit all they friends 🥺🥺 Man I would be his friend

[MJCFilms]

Crystal's mom means well, but she is too soft and lets crystal walk all over her

[julesmarie]

The second kids story is literally heartbreaking...how could anyone be mean to this kid he seems so nice

[Deeluvsmusic]

Awwww the second guy :) hes intelligent but just gets angry due to bullying. I hope the operation is successful and he moves back to the normal educational system

[General_Pinkledink]

Put that girl in boxing. Shed be a beast and get that aggression out.

[keeblerelmcookies]

VICE should do an update on these kids maybe even one on the school like if you agree so they can see this.

[msoda]

crystal needs therapy when children act like this they crying out for help. The mother also needs to get therapy for herself to deal with the stress and to learn the skills she needs to help her daughter.

[capcityreuploads]

The first mistake was naming her "crystal"

[thepaystation]

I'm so blessed that I was raised in a good neighbour hood with parents who care about me & my education

[MrFuryz]

Why do they think putting aggressive kids with aggressive kids will make these kids calm..

[Thepuggleparty]

I was honestly so moved the way Augustin said how the school helped him a lot with his anger, and when people make fun of him he just lets that go now, hard to believe he’s just a kid, he speaks so well

[exhiibits]

4-5 years later, watching in 2019, honestly I wonder how some of these kids are shaping up in the world now

[saucekatoosh]

The boy that had to have surgery his story made me cry i hope his surgery went fine and i hope him and his mom are both happy and blessed

[stevenunger]

Crystals mom needs to be less concerned about her own image and more about her daughter.

[Bambim]

Bruh I'm 19 y/o and even I can see that Crystal is crying inside when she's talking about her defiance to her mom. All she needs is for her mother to sit down with her and tell her from the bottom of her heart how much she loves her, trusts her and wishes to help her with anything she needs. Crystal is broken.

[ntaing]

What is Agustin doing in this school?!?!? He seems like a really, really, kind guy and has a heart. His grades are pretty good too compared to the other students at the school. He should've went to a regular school

[NHSSHINOBI]

The little sister is gonna turn out the same way as crystal, unless the mother tightens up.

[KillnYou]

Crystals mom is the reason why her daughter is the way she is.

[jaydenford]

I feel so bad. Physically things are against him, and he gets attacked by other kids for it. Really a good kid too smh 🤦🏾‍♂️