Getting ninth-grade students to think seriously about their futures may sound like a difficult task, but officials with the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education?s Achievement Counts program believe they have been successful in reaching out to students with their annual volunteer speaking program.

“Basically what we?re saying is that we don?t want students to start their adult life behind the eight ball,” said June Steckfus, MBRT?s executive director. “We want them to be work ready, college ready and life ready.

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