They felt our site was very unique because the children were so involved in revitalizing downtown.

This ceremony was basically a ground-breaking ceremony for the project.

The train will be the focal point of the whole mural, since that's how Texarkana got settled and eventually grew. Trains brought people and products here.

We have to be conscious of the fact that it's a captive audience. There are going to be children. There are going to be customers with sensitivities to violence and strong material.

At all those stages, children are developing different skills, and you need different exercises to work with them and to hold their attention.

Most children come to school tired on Monday and Friday. When we look at the data, that's when we also have the most absences. Knowing that, we have to make it work for us because we want the children to perform their best.