We have freshmen who have made a huge impact right away. The younger kids are just starting to tap into their talent.

They're overwhelmed. You're more than doubling the number of kids being tested.

In my job I see a lot of kids from single-parent households. I understand the struggles they have as single parents and just want to be here for them.

Our kids have to deal with the neighborhood thing - Westside and all. We had our turn last year.

When I speak to groups of parents of young kids, they mostly want to develop strategies for qualifying for financial aid and the unfortunate part is if they haven't saved anything, they may discover that aid will mostly be in the form of loans.

You build a lead and you get comfortable with it, or you turn right around and get flat footed. It almost looked like they (PHCC) want to play them (Virginia Tech) into the game. We can't play 15 minutes each half.