The article raises the problem of migration outflow of young people from territories with a complex natural, climatic and socio-economic context on the example of the Yelizovsky district of Kamchatka. We are working on the hypothesis of the school potential in reducing the outflow of young people by developing interaction with the local community, building a connection between external reality and learning activities as a way of forming a positive emotional connection with the place in students. Life plans of high school students and management strategies of school administrators are analyzed in a qualitative design based on the results of an expedition to 15 schools in the Yelizovsky district. Patterns of stable trajectories of those high school students who continued their education in grades 10–11 and those who left school after grade 9 are established. The conclusion is formed that differences in the migration plans of high school students can be associated with only one type of interaction between the school and the local community — career guidance activities involving local vocational education and training organizations and enterprises. The effect is achieved by reducing the asymmetry of information about the opportunities for self-realization in their region.