These children are foster-care children. It's not a juvenile detention center.

The county owns a fair amount of property on Falling Creek Road.

These aren't kids out stealing cars or that sort of thing. This isn't a criminal justice (situation). That's not who we are. ...I think that's the perception. It's just not the reality.

Our philosophy has always been, you have to want to be there. We probably turn down twice as many kids as we accept.

We have saved the county millions since its inception.

The district was in turmoil as a whole, and to have that come up . . . . We focused on the children, and the gains were recognized.