Here we are today and I feel really grateful that we are going to have this new facility and we truly have a place to help these children. What this facility is going to do is give students a sense of reality. It's also going to give parents back some of the hopes and dreams that they've lost.

I think we're on the right track. We can now finally have classrooms at the schools, where we can collaborate with other classrooms and interact with other teachers.

It really is a historical event. Before this, I worked in a little portable classroom that nobody else wanted to use. It's really no way to serve kids and it's no way to treat staff. I think what we're starting to do is begin making new facilities for these kids. It's really what we ought to do.

I really think we are making headway. Not only are we raising kids' consciousness but also staff members. Some kids are tasting things they've never tasted before.

I got it done today. I really didn't have my 'A' game. ... I really didn't feel like I had good zip on my fastball today, but I was still able to locate it pretty good. I know I got them looking for fastballs, and then started throwing changeups a little.

Ten years ago, we were hiring teams of lawyers. Today, we're hiring teams of biologists and workers to restore the creeks' habitat. If you're seen as resisting your environmental responsibilities, people will keep coming after you. This creek is going to continue to be under the microscope. We want to be on the high ground of that issue.