One thing school is for is to get the experience needed to survive the real world. Students in Shannon Smith’s accounting class at Creston High School are getting just that.

Smith’s students teamed up with Creston Pizza Ranch to look at how they could influence sales through different promotions.

“It was basically going to be a competition to see, between two groups, what group could improve sales more from this time last year,” said Smith. “... I thought this is a good opportunity for the kids to actually try and influence the numbers.”