It puts a premium on healthy foods because it says we're going to pay you for offering students healthy choices.

We need to step up recruiting, ... We need students to know what their choices are throughout the county. It's still a work in progress.

Ours is the strongest in the country, and it sends a positive message. There was a tremendous amount of lobbying pressure by multinational companies against little nonprofit groups. Coke worked this nonstop.

The intensity of their lobbying is incredible. Every time one of us would talk to one of the legislators, three lobbyists from the other side would just pounce. There were periods where I couldn't walk around the capital without them following me.

We advise and mentor students on finances, career choices, anything — they stay as long as they like,

Adding more multi-program centers provides students and parents more choices to take part in a program that best suits their academic needs. Whether students are above, at or behind grade level, SCORE! has a program to help.