IMMOKALEE, Fla. - If things don't get better, the state could take over Immokalee High School. The school is getting bad grades, but the principal says with a little help at home, that can be prevented.

For the past three years, Immokalee High has received "F" grades on its overall FCAT scores. If things don't change, the state may step in.

"If we were an 'F' school again, the options include that they could take it over as a charter school, that they come over and they govern it rather than myself and the school board, that perhaps the school advisory committee would not be as involved," Principal Linda Salazar explains.

On Monday night school leaders outlined change in curriculum, teaching methods, and schedules for students, but their focus now is on the changes that need to be made outside of school.

"Parent support is 100 percent. If the expectation is there that the student is going to be successful, that someone is monitoring it, it will happen," Salazar says.

About 40 parents showed up for the meeting. Those in attendance agree with Salazar's message.

"I think the teachers here work very hard, but the parents really have to push their kids," Juana Ramirez says.

She has a son in the 10th grade, and she wishes more parents would have come to tonight's meeting.

"I think sometimes its more like oh they have to go to school, they'll take care of them there, but they also have to realize that them as parents, its also very important for them to push them even more," Ramirez says.

Salazar says that push is what will get Immokalee High School to where she wants it to be.

"I would love to see us jump that D and go straight for a C. I would just love it," Salazar says.

Students take the FCAT in the Spring, and the new grades will be out next Summer.