We're not selling the need for the high school. We're selling the credibility of the project itself ... which has taken a tremendous beating in the past.

We are treating it like a big deal. We have fought hard to establish credibility in the enterprise so we're taking a very aggressive approach in addressing this.

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.

What I can do, really, is ask independents to look at him, and I hope that I have the credibility with them so they will examine his campaign,

It gives us credibility, ... and links us to a system of support in school improvement.

We want everyone to know that we're not going to exclude anyone. We want a diverse school.