No kids who have come to Project Graduation have ever been in an accident that night.

They originally talked about moving the prom to the night before either graduation or graduation practice, ... because if you don't show up to practice, you're not allowed to walk, which I thought was understandable. We'd have our prom, the next day show up to practice.

With these kids now, there's so much now that they can get into trouble with. There's so much more traffic in Gulf Breeze, and it's tough for the kids because they really have no place to go to celebrate their graduation.

We were hit hard by graduation, but I think the kids are ready to step in and fill that void and do everything they can to go get (another region title).

They see a mayor getting killed here, policeman being blown up at a graduation ceremony there. If we can get the security situation right, we will unlock that population to build a new Iraq.

The coach talked a lot about the graduation rate, which is about 97 percent. And it's quiet down there, so I can concentrate.