School should go beyond teaching the basics. It should be teaching how to take the basics and find your niche in life.

I'm hoping they're able to see their teacher is learning and not only teaching.

As a teacher, if you're going to expect high-level work, you have to give students examples or model it yourself.

This school has been here since 1904, and has been using the same teaching methodology that they used in 1904, ... Here in 2005. I said that's just ridiculous. We need a change the paradigm, change the way we teach, break out of our comfort zone, and do something new.

Of our 49 boys, 17 are freshmen, so we're still teaching some of the guys this isn't middle school anymore. Some of the freshmen are helping in relays and others are challenging in open events. Six or seven will make an immediate impact. We're talking about kids that maybe lost one meet in seventh and eighth grade, so they're good athletes.

We have more coaches teaching at the school than we ever have. That's important because (coaches) need that school-day contact with the kids.