Founded in Minneapolis by Angela Jerabek, a former school counselor, Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) is an education model built on research about the importance of prioritizing relationships with the power of data. The implementation of BARR at South Fort Myers High School saw dramatic and measurable changes as well as exponential academic growth. In the first quarter that BARR was implemented, South Fort Myers realized a 20% reduction in failures for 9th-graders. At the end of the first quarter in the 2019-20 school year, they had a 27.36% failing rate--a 42% reduction from the prior year. Today, BARR has been implemented in over 140 schools across 17 states and the District of Columbia.