<P> After selling his high - tech businesses, Steve Poizner worked at the school as a volunteer teacher, writing about it in Mount Pleasant: My Journey from Creating a Billion - Dollar Company to Teaching at a Struggling Public High School, a book released in April 2010 . Poizner invoked hyperbole while describing the school, including exaggerating crime and graduation rates at the school and in the neighborhood . Ira Glass and This American Life exposed the differences between Poizner's account and the true story of the school, with Glass calling the story "obviously and provably untrue ." Mt . Pleasant's high school principal, Teresa Marquez, cancelled Poizner's visit to the school, then Marquez and students protested the book at a book signing . The book reached the fifth position of the New York Times bestseller list, but that was possibly through altering of the sales data by ResultSource, a book marketing company . </P> <Ul> <Li> Kenny Williams, Vice President of the Chicago White Sox </Li> <Li> James Marlowe, Movie Producer and Director, location scout . </Li> <Li> Jeneba Tarmoh, member of the 2012 USA Olympic team, gold medal winner, 4x100m Relay </Li> <Li> Jhonen Vasquez, comics artist and creator of the popular animated series Invader Zim </Li> <Li> Ted Riveria III, Movie Director, Actor </Li> </Ul> <Li> Kenny Williams, Vice President of the Chicago White Sox </Li> <Li> James Marlowe, Movie Producer and Director, location scout . </Li>

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