I definitely prefer the fall for the test.

We have to take a new look at our athletic program and decide how we can best maximize our resources.

They have to get that foundation with words. . . . We've got to get them prepared for the high school experience.

Many people think there is a big gap ... We need to review the strengths he had.

Once we get the proposal from the athletic directors, then I will submit a proposal to the school board. Then, after the school board gets it, we will have a number of community meetings to get community input.

Athletics can be a magnet.

Every day we wait puts our students at a disadvantage.

We want to make cuts as far away from the classroom as possible.

To become one of the best, if not the best urban school district by 2010.