The graduation rate is up 11.7 percent this year. That being said, our graduation rate fluctuates wildly.

However, ELL scores don't count. But you have to request that the state pull the ELL scores out of the data. After they did that, the district made AYP.

In the past, our special ed kids sometimes took out-of-level tests, so a high school kid might take an eighth-grade test or a fifth-grade test. This year, every high school SpEd kid took a high-school level test.

In general, many people spend more time planning a graduation day or wedding day than planning their retirement. And that's only one day. People should spend time planning for their retirement.

The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting.

There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live.