Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Twins Aalik, left, and Aarik Poeling pose outside a portable classroom at Desert Rose Adult High School in North Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 11, 2012. Aarik was kicked out of four CCSD schools for fighting, while Aalik dropped out his freshman year and began selling drugs. The brothers, now 18 years old, are trying to get their lives in order and graduate high school.

Steve Marcus

Twins Aalik, left, and Aarik Poeling pose outside a portable classroom at Desert Rose Adult High School in North Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 11, 2012. Aarik was kicked out of four CCSD schools for fighting, while Aalik dropped out his freshman year and began selling drugs. The brothers, now 18 years old, are trying to get their lives in order and graduate high school.