We had a really good season. It was the best we've had since the two schools split. I couldn't be prouder of these kids. My hats off to all of them.

Literacy is not, as it is considered in our schools, a PORTION of education. It IS education. It is at once the ability AND the inclination of the mind to find knowledge, to pursue understanding, and out of knowledge and understanding, not out of received attitudes and values or emotional responses, however worthy, to make judgments.

We have two schools with high numbers of disadvantages students. Now, the state mandates a 22-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio in the classroom, but what we do right now is have a 19-to-1 student ratio from pre-kindergarten to third grade at those (economically disadvantaged) campuses. The third grade is when they start TAKS and reading. We want to make sure we have those kids prepared for their future. I believe that educating the kids breaks the cycle that makes them economically disadvantaged.

He needs to greatly increase the school funding. The priority for those parents is for the schools to get better.

Now that the schools are beginning to reopen I think we will see more people coming back to the city. They want to come back. This is their home.

Binns is the best team we've played and they always will be. They're the best coached team that we will play. This wins means a lot. I have all the respect in the world for that school, that team and their coaches.