Dr. Brian Bolden (right), principal at the Ronald E. McNair Learning Academy, hugs Kyle Chandler Stocks after his family, local businesses and Mt. Welcome Missionary Baptist Church make donations to the school during worship services at the church in Decatur on Sunday, December 8, 2013.
December 8, 2013 Decatur – Dr. Brian Bolden (right), principal at the Ronald E. McNair Learning Academy, hugs Kyle Chandler Stocks after his family, local businesses and Mt. Welcome Missionary Baptist Church make donations to the school during worship services at the church in Decatur on Sunday, December 8, 2013. A growing number of churches and other religious groups are “adopting” at-risk and other schools in metro Atlanta, giving them money and other needed resources to help boost student achievement. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL