The desire to change: Fort McCoy Challenge Academy offers at-risk teens a chance to alter course

By KAREN PARKER | County Line Editor J.T. Griffis freely admits he would have been a candidate for the Fort McCoy Challenge Academy. Raised by a single dad in Texas, Griffis, a staff member at the academy, conceded that his dad had transmitted “good values” as he was growing up. Nevertheless, “I don’t know why,…