We have kids on our B team that would start for any other school and they rarely see the mat with the A team. It's perplexing from where I sit how one program can be so successful and others struggle to reach .500 from the same crop of athletes. I do know that it's there and in place and we're sure proud of it.

There aren't even truant officers any more. I deal with kids that don't come to school and why (they don't). It has a lot to do with family problems. That is the biggest change. The counselor must find out how to solve the problem. The truancy officer must connect with the community and understand family problems.

There's not a single person in our community that isn't aware of the success that they've had. They all think the world of Todd and all the kids who are in the program.

The same skills and drills have been taught to every boy who's ever tried to wrestle at Hartland for more than 30 years. The same hard work ethic, desire and passion is passed on to each class.

We use the same general approach. We have to understand why he isn't coming to school and listen to what is coming between them as a person because some anger is directed at you or the school. Anger could be directed at another individual or a life situation. In order to make the student/parent relationship successful, the student must be in touch with his own pain, identity and change.

The test is not whether a school board is an integral part of a school system.