I was also a mediocre student because I was usually out with friends or in front of a computer... although I did somehow end up going to UCSD - you must be talking about the solana beach amtrak station in the article right? :) I took the Surfliner home to Ventura county many times during my 4 years in SD.
Either way though, I just think (could be wrong) it's much more rare to find high school kids doing "real" work these days, like admining production servers or writing software that ships to customers.
If they are able to get to the Caltrain station in San Francisco (which we are next to), they should email david (at) opendns.com and apply to be an intern.
Either way though, I just think (could be wrong) it's much more rare to find high school kids doing "real" work these days, like admining production servers or writing software that ships to customers.