We're getting more and more [high school teachers] asking about that all the time.

At the middle school level, we have a reading specialist who can give that extra dose of instruction in reading that some students need.

Reading really does go down in middle and high school. The amount of reading kids do in those grades just goes down. There are so many clubs and sports competing for that attention.

The entire district is really focused on literacy.

School has been the hardest part. My teachers try to give me work ahead, but they don't always know how far they'll get. So, they let me make up work, too.

I was always the kid in school that teachers were getting after to be quiet. My report card had math, A, reading, A, spelling, A, science, A, conduct, F. I was always talking to somebody. They would always take me and put me over in a corner by myself.