You create ... fundamentally a private school flavor funded with state funds.

A lot of the kids that are in school regularly do well, shown by the CSAP test scores. Those that move with jobs mostly seem Mexican, and they're not as stable. It's not because of intelligence or race - they're moving and aren't doing well, and there are other factors as well.

They're not offering anything different and anything new than what public schools are offering. They're offering exclusivity more than anything else.

When you're looking at someone at the lower end, you're sometimes looking at parents who are working two jobs, maybe three. Time is limited, and transportation. You can't just get up and drive your student across town to school.

I think sleeping was my problem in school. If school had started at 4:00 in the afternoon, I'd be a college graduate today.

All of sudden, Ebon was the tallest kid in school.